Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
The keystone of an arch.
A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
To wedge or steady with quoins.
A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
A time of play during the school day, usually on a playground.
An inset, hole, hollow space or opening.
A remote, secret or abstruse place.
A break, pause or vacation.
A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
A period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
To take or declare a break.
To appoint, with a recess appointment.
To make a recess in.
To inset into something, or to recede.
To suspend (formal proceedings) temporarily.
To place in a recess.
To suspend its proceedings for a period of time.