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coign (n.)
[coign 词源字典]
archaic spelling of
quoin
(q.v.), surviving only in Shakespeare's
coign of vantage
("Macbeth" I.vi.), popularized by Sir Walter Scott, properly "a projecting corner" (for observation).
[coign etymology, coign origin, 英语词源]