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.
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 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 wedge.
A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose.
To adjust something by using shims.
To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.