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coigning

coigning is the present participle and gerund of coign.

Meaning of coign

Verb

coign (third-person singular simple present coigns, present participle coigning, simple past and past participle coigned)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with coigns.
    • The angles were always coigned, and the arches turned with squared stone, brought from Caen in Normandy […]1773, The Antiquities of England and Wales, volume 1, Francis Grose, page 7

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Questions about coigning

What is coigning the present participle and gerund of?
Coigning is the present participle and gerund of coign.

Words near coigning in the dictionary

  1. coigne of vantage
  2. coigned
  3. coignes
  4. coignes of vantage
  5. coignimbrite
  6. coigning
  7. coigns
  8. coigns of vantage
  9. coigue
  10. coigues
  11. coihue

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