1. (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Quoin.

2. (n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.

3. (n.) That which serves for payment or recompense.

4. (v. t.) To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.

5. (v. t.) To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.

6. (v. t.) To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

7. (v. i.) To manufacture counterfeit money.

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