different between terms vs coigne

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Etymology

A variant of coign.

Noun

coigne (plural coignes)

1. Alternative form of coign: a keystone; a wedge; (obsolete) a corner or angle, especially of a building.
   • 1843 Robert Henry Horne Orion: an epic poem

     Great figures started from the roof

     And lofty coignes.

   • 1884, Robert Kennaway Douglas, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., s.v. "Nanking":

     From the eaves of the several stories there hung one hundred and fifty-two bells, and countless lanterns adorned the same coignes of vantage.

Derived terms

• coigne of vantage

Anagrams

• CEOing, Geonic, geonic

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French coin.

Noun

coigne

1. Alternative form of coyn (“coin, quoin”)

Etymology 2

From Old French cooing.

Noun

coigne

1. Alternative form of coyn (“quince”)

Etymology 3

From Old French coignier.

Verb

coigne

1. Alternative form of coynen