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Coigne

A quoin.

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Headstone 76% connected

The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.

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Key 76% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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Keystone 76% connected

The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with ca…

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Wedge 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising…

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Quoin 92% connected

Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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