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Quoin vs Quoil - What's the difference?

quoin | quoil |

As nouns the difference between quoin and quoil

is that quoin is any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks while quoil is archaic form of lang=en.

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

    quoil

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1763 , A new and complete dictionary of arts and sciences: Volume 1 (page 823)
  • * 1945 , Frank Fraser Darling, Crofting agriculture: its practice in the West Highlands and islands
    • The sooner the grass can be got into quoils the better, for not only does the quoil stage give temporary protection but hay makes a good deal in quoil.