See Also: osmometer(medicine)

coign (iou) and osmometer (medicine)


coign (iou)



coign noun. Also coigne. LME.
[Var. of COIN noun: cf. QUOIN noun.]
I. = QUOIN noun.
A projecting corner; a cornerstone; an angle. LME.
coign of vantage [from Shakes. Macb.] a place affording a good view of something.
R. Lehmann They sat in a coign of the cliff.
A wedge. M18.
II.
= COIN noun II. LME-E16.

osmometer (medicine)


osmometer
<physics> An instrument for measuring the amount of osmotic action in different liquids.

Origin: Gr. Impulse.

Source: Websters Dictionary