Usually means: Cornerstone or advantageous position; wedge.
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  1. coign: Merriam-Webster
  2. coign: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coign: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. coign: Collins English Dictionary
  5. coign: Vocabulary.com
  6. coign: Wordnik
  7. coign: Wiktionary
  8. coign: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Coign, coign: Dictionary.com
  10. coign: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. coign: Rhymezone
  12. coign: FreeDictionary.org
  13. coign: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. coign: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. coign: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. coign: Encyclopedia

(Note: See coigning as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (coign)

noun:  A projecting corner or angle; a cornerstone.
noun:  The keystone of an arch.
noun:  A wedge used in typesetting.
noun:  A a corner of a crystal formed by the intersection of three or more faces at a point (in crystallography)
noun:  An original angular elevation of land around which continental growth has taken place (in geology)

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