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Quoin vs Quin - What's the difference?

quoin | quin |

As nouns the difference between quoin and quin

is that quoin is any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks while quin is (informal) a quintuplet or quin can be a european scallop, pecten opercularis , used as food.

quoin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
  • The keystone of an arch.
  • A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
  • (obsolete, nautical) A form of wedge used to prevent casks from moving

    • Synonyms

    *(corner block of a building ): cornerstone

    quin

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A quintuplet.
    • Related terms
    * quad

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A European scallop, Pecten opercularis , used as food.
  • * 1973 , N. L. Tranter, Population since the industrial revolution (page 104)
    • Similarly the stocks of the free-living scallops and quins , which are caught by trawling, are threatened by over-fishing to supply the market for canned or frozen luxury sea-foods.
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