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Noun Concept
Categories: Typography stubs, Relief printing, Letterpress printing
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quoin  coign  coigne
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Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase WordNet 3.0
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printing
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Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A quoin is a device used to lock printing type in a chase in letterpress printing. Wikipedia
Wooden or metal wedges or cam operated devices for locking printing type into a chase Wikipedia Disambiguation
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. Wiktionary
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