quoin
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"Knock away the quoin, entirely;" he said to the captain of the gun, when he had got the range; "now mind her when she lifts, forward; keep the ship steady, Sir—fire!"
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by James Fenimore Cooper
He fell on his knees, with his face on his hands in the open quoin drawer, feeling as if he had uttered a blasphemy.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
The two inner sides of each pair of skill facets form the half of a diamond or lozenge-shaped facet, called a "quoin," of which there are four.
From The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by John Mastin
So that below the girdle, we find twenty-five facets: 8 cross, 8 skill, 4 pavilion, 4 quoin, and 1 collet.
From The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by John Mastin
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 John Mastin
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