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Quoins, Coign, Coin
In masonry, a hard stone or brick used, with similar ones, to reinforce an external corner or edge of a wall or the like; often distinguished decoratively from adjacent masonry; may be limitated in non-load-bearing materials. *

 

* Dictionary of Architecture & Construction, by Cyril M. Harris

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