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Standard return quoin, with one long side over one short side
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A quoin is any external angle or corner of a structure,[1] often decorated with quoins – brick or stonework that projects from the face of the wall.[2] The term derives from the French coin, meaning “corner”.[3]

Historically, the term quoin was also used by printers for a small expanding device that held the typeset firmly in place in a frame known as a forme.[4]

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