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coign1 (c.1240)
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coign1 (c.1240)

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coien,  coin,  coine,  coing,  cooin;  coon;  coyn,  coyne;  quince,  quoin; 
pl. queynis,  quincis,  quoinz  (quenz  Secr WATERFORD1 89.595,  quuyns (l. qwyns?)  TLL ii 153.77)  
  FEW:  cydoneum 2/ii,1605b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  coin 2 9,121b TL: cöoing 2,824 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  coing  TLF:  coing  OED:  coyn n.  / quince n.1  MED:  coin n.2  / quince n.  DMLBS:  Cydonius 549b

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1fruitbot.quince, hard, astringent and pear-shaped fruit of the quince tree (Cydonia oblonga): 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  poires et coiens  A-N Med i 117
( MS: c.1250 )  hoc coctanum: coign  TLL i 427
( MS: s.xiiiex )  coctana: (C) coyns (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) quinces)  TLL ii 143.77
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  Les quoins laschent le ventre, et por ce n'est mies bon de mangier mout de quoins aprés mangier  Waterford busby 303.S126.10
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Coynz (M.E. Coyns), cornaile et cirie  Nominale 682
2fruitbot.(in error?) crab-apple, wild apple, fruit of the crab-apple tree (Malus sylvestris): 
( MS: c.1300 )  mala maciana: g[allice] coyns  Bot Gloss 121.13r
char de coigns
chardecoins

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coigner1 
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