Coin

koin, n. ( Shak. ) a corner-stone: a piece of metal legally stamped and current as money.— v.t. to convert a piece of metal into money: to stamp; to make, invent, fabricate: ( fig. ) to make into.— ns. Coin′age , the act of coining money: the currency: the pieces of metal coined: the invention, or fabrication, of something new: what is invented; Coin′er , one who coins money: a maker of counterfeit coins: an inventor; Coin′ing , minting: invention.— Coin money , to make money rapidly.— Pay a man in his own coin , to give tit for tat: to give as good as one got. [Fr. coin , a wedge, also the die to stamp money—L. cuneus , a wedge.]