[See prec. and COIN v.2]
1. trans. To secure or raise with a quoin or wedge. Also with up.
1683. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., Printing, xxiv. ¶ 7. He … then Quoins up the two ends of the Chase.
1769. Falconer, Dict. Marine (1776), Caler also signifies to quoin or wedge up any thing.
1854. Jacob Abbott, Wallace, vii. 138. What Mr. Grey meant by quoining up, was filling in the spaces under the large stones … and thus wedging them up to their proper level.
1875. J. Southward, Dict. Typogr., 117. Quoining a Forme, the fitting of the quoins in a forme so that when it is locked up they shall … wedge up and secure the types.
2. To provide with quoins or corners.
1834. Gentl. Mag., CIV. I. 96. A well, curiously quoined with stone.
