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QUOIN
QUOIN, a sort of wedge, employed to raise the cannon to a proper level, that it may be more truly directed to the object.QUOINS are also employed to wedge off the casks of wine, oil, spirituous liquors, &c. from each other, that their bilges may not rub against each other so as to occasion a leak, by the agitation of the ships, at sea.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 228, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1023.html