1,683,912
Many of them went down with the Spanish fleets. A lot of Gold Quoins were lost.
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Olga Simoncelli
New Fairfield, CT
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Mary Yonkers
Erie, PA
2,220,323
A Quoins is an external angle of a wall or building.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
6,392,899
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1.an external angle of a wall or building.
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any of the stones or bricks forming an external angle of a wall or building; a cornerstone.noun: quoin stone; plural noun: quoin stones
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2.Printinga wedge or expanding mechanical device used for locking a letterpress form into a chase.
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3.a wedge for raising the level of a gun barrel or for keeping it from rolling.
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1.provide (a wall) with quoins or corners.
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2.Printinglock up (a form) with a quoin.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
5,216,284
Not a word used often in Florida, but more so in Chicago!
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
7,835,282
It appears that Bob Crane has done the research.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
2,160,948
Quoins were quite popular in new construction here as exterior decoration a few years ago. Except no one called them that, they would call them end caps or something like that.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
911,228
Projections in masonry, usually on the corners. Quoin corners. Width and height can vary, but it's common to see 2.5- 3 brick wide, and 5-6 courses high projected out about 3/4", then 1-2 course are set back flush with face of wall. Repeats itself.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
634,482
External angle of a structure.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
1,239,801
Some thing other than putting onions on the front of a building/
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
3,988,007
I know this one too and had brick quoins on the front corners of our last house. We didn't have room for them on out current house because of window and door placements so we opted for brick columns.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
695,522
it is the corner stones. I guess architecture 101 was not a complete filler course
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
2,362,584
I knew this one and I wish I had a house with the majesty to justify quoins. I love the new category. Good for you!
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
1,574,666
I appreciate the questions as I am learning something... not contributing though!
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
1,844,171
opposing stonework on the ends of the building, caps of limestone
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
1,153,794
I hadn't the foggiest notion of what these are. I had to look them up because I like saying the term way too much.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
1,452,669
I'm puzzled by all of the architectural questions . . . are you studying for a course?
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
66,409
Quoins are the blocks sometimes used on the corner of buildings for multiple purposes. Sometimes they are used for actual reinforcement, other times they serve an aesthetic purpose. Here is an example in Rome.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
900,008
Aren't these rather dictionary questions or is this your way of educating us?
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
3,071,489
Quoins: These cornerstones are both decorative and structural, since they usually differ in jointing, color, texture, or size from the masonry of the adjoining walls.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
4,434,127
989,652
Oh pooh - I was on a roll there for a while :(
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
1,157,785
Lots of great questions you are asking.
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
1,231,853
2,224,473
Where are you finding all of these terms? I haven't heard of many of them.
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ