QUOINS (an old variant spelling of " coin," from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

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QUOINS (an old variant spelling of " coin," from Lat. cuneus, a wedge) , in architecture, the

term

TERM

for the external

angle

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form,
angus
- ANGUS, EARLS OF
, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

of a building, generally applied to the ashlar masonry employed to stop the rubble masonry or brickwork of the

wall

WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the
original
- ORIGINAL
O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

at the angles, as also of buttresses, doorways or projecting features. In Saxon

work

WORK

the

quoins

QUOINS (an old variant spelling of " coin," from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

were built with large stones laid horizontally and vertically in alternate courses, technically known as "

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

and short "

work

WORK

. Sometimes, to give greater importance to the angles of towers, the quoin stones are rusticated, and this treatment is found extensively employed in ancient German towns. At Eastbury Manor

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

in Essex, built in brick, the

quoins

QUOINS (an old variant spelling of " coin," from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

at the angles of the walls, doorway and windows were plastered in imitation of stonework.

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