sb. Obs. Forms: 4 coyn, 5 coyne, quoyne, 6 ? quyne. [a. OF. cooin, later coin, in mod.F. coing (with g always mute) = Pr. codoing:—L. cotōneum, var. of cydōnium quince, f. cydōnius adj. ‘of Cydōnia,’ Gr. Κυδωνία, the town of Canea in Crete; thence κυδώνιον μῆλον, cydōnium mālum, Cydonian apple, quince. (Cf. It. codogna, cotogna:—L. cotōnea, -ia, quince.)] A quince.
a. 1387. Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.), 28. Mala citonia, cottana idem, coyns.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 1374. Many … trees … That peches, coynes, & apples beere.
c. 1425. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 647/39. Hoc coccinum, quoyne.
c. 1450. Two Cookery-bks., 106. Toke 30 coynes & x wardones.
1575. Art of Planting, 57. To graffe the Quyne Apple.
