Coin

koin, n. A corner or external angle; a wedge to raise, lower, fasten, or level anything, as a cannon, printer's form, etc.; a piece of metal stumped with characters, making legally current as money; that which serves for payment or recompense.— v. [coined (koind), coining.] To stamp and convert into money; to mint; to make or fabricate. [OF., a wedge, stamp upon coin, coin — orig. stamped by means of a wedge; L. cuneus, wedge; Gr. konos, peg, cone, E. cone, hone.] — Coin'age, -ej, n. Act er art of coining; money coined; expense of coining;— act or proce of forming; invention; fabrication. Coin'er, n. One who makes coin; a minter; counterfeiter: inventor or maker.