▪ I. † coyn, coyne, n. Obs.
Forms: 4 coyn, 5 coyne, quoyne, 6 ? quyne.
[a. OF. cooin, later coin, in mod.F. coing (with g always mute) = Pr. codoing:—L. cotōneum, var. of cydōnium quince, f. cydōnius adj. ‘of Cydōnia,’ Gr. κυδωνία, the town of Canea in Crete; thence κυδώνιον µῆλον, cydōnium mālum, Cydonian apple, quince. (Cf. It. codogna, cotogna:—L. cotōnea, -ia, quince.)]
A quince.
| a 1387 Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 28 Mala citonia, cottana idem, coyns. c 1400 Rom. Rose 1374 Many..trees..That peches, coynes, & apples beere. c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 647/39 Hoc coccinum, quoyne. c 1450 Two Cookery-bks. 106 Toke 30 coynes & x wardones. 1575 Art of Planting 57 To graffe the Quyne Apple. |
▪ II. coyn(e
obs. f. coin, quean, quoin.