quoin

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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

Carriage complete, with bed and quoin, or elevating screw At its port.

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

Back's Inlet presents on each side a succession of lofty precipitous headlands, which have the shape termed, by seamen, "the gunner's quoin."

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

The figure 8 represents what is called a quoin, and keeps the bolster in its place.

From My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Coffin, Charles Carleton

When the inner or thick end of the quoin is fair with the end of the bed in place, the gun is level in the carriage; or horizontal, when the ship is upright.

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