Coin

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1. Noun

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

2. Noun

A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.

3. Noun

That which serves for payment or recompense.

4. Verb

To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.

5. Verb

To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.

6. Verb

To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

7. Verb

To manufacture counterfeit money.
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