Quoins is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for QUOINS in dictionary:

VERB:
• QUOIN, to secure or raise by wedging
• provide (a wall) with quoins or corners
• lock up (a forme) with a quoin.
NOUN:
• an external angle of a wall or building
• any of the stones or bricks forming a quoin; a cornerstone.
• a wedge or expanding mechanical device used for locking a letterpress forme into a chase.
• a wedge for raising the level of a gun barrel or for keeping it from rolling.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to secure with a type of wedge

Words related to QUOINS

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How to use QUOINS in a sentence

• The quoins or angles are first built up with the aid of the gauge-rod, and the intermediate work is kept regular by means of the line and line pins fixed in the joints.
• If, however, the length between the quoins be great, the line will of course sag, and it must, therefore, be carefully supported at intervals to the proper level.
• The guns were elevated or depressed by means of handspikes and quoins.
• Quoins were blocks of wood, square, and wedge-shaped, with ring-hooks screwed in them for the greater ease of handling.
• The more prosaic explanation is that lack of stone for the quoins, which every square flint tower must have, led the builders to adopt this form.

Similar words containing QUOIN without suffix s

quoin14 quoined17 quoining18 quoinings19

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