Definition of Cogn
Coign (?), n. A var. spelling of
Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the
phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or
observation.
From some shielded nook or coign of
vantage. The Century.
The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . .
the four projecting coigns would stand up as
continents. Nature.
Coign (?), n. A var. spelling of
Coin, Quoin, a corner, wedge; -- chiefly used in the
phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or
observation.
From some shielded nook or coign of
vantage. The Century.
The lithosphere would be depressed on four faces; . . .
the four projecting coigns would stand up as
continents. Nature.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a projecting corner or angle
*1922: Kind air defined the coigns of houses in Kildare street. — James Joyce, Ulysses
*1964: They lay quietly as the morning advanced its little way, hid snug in their greenwood coign. — Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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