Du Quoin

Du Quoin
/dooh koyn"/
a town in SW Illinois: site of the Hambletonian. 6594.

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  • Quoin Island — ist der Name mehrerer Inseln. in Australien: Quoin Island (Inner Islands), südliche Torres Strait Inseln Quoin Island (Western Islands) (Quoin Rock), westliche Torres Strait Inseln Quoin Island (Great Barrier Reef), Great Barrier Reef Quoin… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Quoin — (kwoin or koin; 277), n. [See {Coin}, and cf. {Coigne}.] 1. (Arch.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked. [1913 Webster] Note: In stone, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quoin post — Quoin Quoin (kwoin or koin; 277), n. [See {Coin}, and cf. {Coigne}.] 1. (Arch.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked. [1913 Webster] Note: In… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quoin Island — may refer to:* Quoin Island National Park, off Lockhart River, East coast of North Queensland, Australia * Quoin Island, Torres Strait North of Cape York Peninsula, Australia …   Wikipedia

  • Quoin Hill Airport — was an airport in North Efate, in Vanuatu (IATA: UIQ, ICAO: NVVQ). The airstrip was used during World War II but is no longer usable as an airstrip. Investigations took place in the late 1980s as to whether Quoin Hill could be used as an… …   Wikipedia

  • quoin — quoin·ing; quoin; …   English syllables

  • quoin — [koin, kwoin] n. [var. of COIN] 1. the external corner of a building; esp., any of the large, squared stones by which the corner of a building is marked 2. a wedgelike piece of stone, etc., such as the keystone or one of the pieces of an arch 3.… …   English World dictionary

  • Quoin Island National Park — Quoin Island is a national park in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Queensland, Australia, 1947 km northwest of Brisbane. It is a terrestrial oasis in a desert of water situated about 30km North East of Iron Range National Park and… …   Wikipedia

  • quoin — (n.) 1530s, a cornerstone, variant of COIN (Cf. coin) (n.), originally in other senses of that word, too, including a wedge …   Etymology dictionary

  • quoin — ► NOUN 1) an external angle of a wall or building. 2) a cornerstone. DERIVATIVES quoining noun. ORIGIN variant of COIN(Cf. ↑coiner), in the former senses «cornerstone» and «wedge» …   English terms dictionary

  • Quoin — Generally, a quoin is a wedge, used to support or anchor other items. More specifically, quoin may refer to:*Quoin (architecture), the corner stones that anchor the edge of the building wall *In printing, quoins are wedges used by printers to… …   Wikipedia

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