quoin

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As soon as the quoin is free, the 2d Captain takes hold of it with both hands and withdraws the quoin to the full extent; handspikemen "raise" or "lower" the gun slowly and steadily.

From Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. by United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

Here we saw a flat stone supposed to have been the quoin of a fallen cromlech, and to have been used for sacrificial purposes.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert

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

A sentinel started out from the quoin of a wall to stop us, but when we had told our errand he became as friendly as a brother.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha