To wedge or steady with quoins.
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 make thinner or narrower at one end.
To diminish gradually.
To become thinner or narrower at one end.
(of a central bank) To tighten monetary policy.
Tapered; narrowing to a point.
A small light.
A cone-shaped item for stretching the hole for an ear gauge (piercing).
Someone who works with tape or tapes.
A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
One who operates a tape machine.
A slender wax candle.
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object.