quoin

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It was all simple enough till he came to the final part of his task, and attempted to lift out the breech-block, the quoin that when the breech was screwed up held all fast.

From Fitz the Filibuster by Piffard, Harold

This quoin, being graduated to whole degrees, requires a small additional quoin for slight differences of elevation in smooth water.

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

We thus have above the girdle, thirty-three facets: 8 cross, 8 skill, 4 quoin, 8 star, 1 table, and 4 templets.

From The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by Mastin, John

A very picturesque view was obtained of the Rocky Mountains, and we saw the entire outline of their peaked hills, table-land, and quoin shaped terminations.

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