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   quoin

   /k(w)ɔɪn/

   noun

   • 1. an external angle of a wall or building: "smaller stations followed the same pattern; stone-built, with strongly accented quoins"
   • ▪ any of the stones or bricks forming a quoin; a cornerstone.
   • 2. a wedge or expanding mechanical device used for locking a letterpress forme into a chase.
   • 3. a wedge for raising the level of a gun barrel or for keeping it from rolling.

   verb

   • 1. provide (a wall) with quoins or corners: "the white plaster walls quoined with red sandstone blocks"
   • 2. lock up (a forme) with a quoin.

   Word Origin Middle English: variant of coin, used earlier in the sense ‘cornerstone’ and ‘wedge’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • O

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

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