quoin
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The order to adjust the quoin in great-gun exercise; to depress the muzzle to point at an object below the level, in contradistinction to elevate.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
A third slid a quoin along the "bed" of the carriage, under the gun, to support it at the required height.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John
The two inner sides of each pair of skill facets form the half of a diamond or lozenge-shaped facet, called a "quoin," of which there are four.
From The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by Mastin, John
The piece of wood between the cheeks or brackets which, with the intervention of the quoin, supports the breech of the gun.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
It will be observed that portions of a brick have to be inserted near a vertical end or a quoin, in order to start the regular bond.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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