From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Coin \Coin\ (koin), n. [F. coin, formerly also coing, wedge,
stamp, corner, fr. L. cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone,
hone. See {Hone}, n., and cf. {Coigne}, {Quoin},
{Cuneiform}.]
1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See
{Coigne}, and {Quoin}.
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2. 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.
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It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the
current coin of the realm. --Hallam.
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3. That which serves for payment or recompense.
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The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is
repaid in a nobler coin. --Hammond.
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{Coin balance}. See Illust. of {Balance}.
{To pay one in his own coin}, to return to one the same kind
of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him.
[Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Coin \Coin\, v. i.
To manufacture counterfeit money.
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They cannot touch me for coining. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Coin \Coin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coined} (koind); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Coining}.]
1. 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.
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2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin
a word.
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Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined,
To soothe his sister and delude her mind. --Dryden.
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3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
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Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day.
--Locke.
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From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
coin /kwɛ̃/
corner; wedge
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