2. Noun. (architecture) The architectural elements, such as stone or brick, that form a quoin ¹
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Definition of Quoining
1. quoin [v] - See also: quoin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quoining
Literary usage of Quoining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fruit Manual: A Guide to the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain by Robert Hogg (1884)
"It is the Winter Pearmain and Winter quoining nt the London markets, and it is
also grown ... The Winter quoining is a very old English upple. See Queening. ..."
2. Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club by G. H. Jack (1880)
"Dr. Hogg traces the name to Costatus Ang. Costate, or ribbed, on account of the
prominent ribs on its sides. The quoining or Queening is an old apple of ..."
3. Journal by Australian Ex Libris Society (1885)
"At the west angles of the nave of the church of Bedfield, Suffolk, is a most
singular example of early quoining, consisting of Roman tiles "placed ..."
4. Printing: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Typography as Applied More by Charles Thomas Jacobi (1908)
"The use of leads in quoining-up is to be deprecated as a wasteful and slovenly
habit. We repeat that furniture which is worn and not good enough for placing ..."
5. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1846)
"Builders began to try irregular quoining, and we soon saw prodigies of irregularity.
On one side of the angle there would be three stones of different ..."
6. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1846)
"It was easily seen that the primness of modern quoining was not only tame and
... Builders began to try irregular quoining, and we soon saw prodigies of ..."
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