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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 763 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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QUOINS (an old variant spelling of " coin," from
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Lat. cuneus, a wedge)
  , in architecture, the
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term for the
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external angle of a
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building, generally applied to the
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ashlar
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masonry employed to stop the
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rubble masonry or
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brickwork of the wall at the angles, as also of buttresses, doorways or projecting features . In Saxon
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work the quoins were built with large stones laid horizontally and vertically in alternate courses, technically known as " long and short " work . Sometimes, to give greater importance to the angles of towers, the quoin stones are rusticated, and this treatment is found extensively employed in ancient German towns . At Eastbury
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Manor House in Essex, built in brick, the quoins at the angles of the walls, doorway and windows were plastered in imitation of stonework .

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