(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:35:07

Coigne (koin), n. [See Coin, n.]

A quoin.

See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone? Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.

Coigne, Coign"y (?), n.

The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.

[Ireland]

Spenser.

 

© Webster 1913.

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