coin

1. n. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. n. That which serves for payment or recompense. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. v. t. To make or word/fabricate">fabricate; to word/invent">invent; to originate; as, to coin a word. Source: opted

6. v. t. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. Source: opted

7. v. i. To manufacture counterfeit money. Source: opted

8. n. a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money Source: wordnet

9. v. make up a word or word/phrase">phrase Source: wordnet

10. v. form by stamping, punching, or printing Source: wordnet

11. 1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wegde. See Coigne, and Quoin. 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. It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the current coin of the realm. Hallam. 3. That which serves for payment or recompense. The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin. Hammond. 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.] 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. 2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word. Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined, To soothe his sister and delude her mind. Dryden. 3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day. Locke. To manufacture counterfeit money. They cannot touch me for coining. Shak. Source: webster

12. To manufacture counterfeit money.They cannot touch me for coining. Shak. Source: adambom

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