Книга: Herridge William Thomas «The coign of vantage»

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• coign of vantage — a position advantageous for action or observation from the coign of vantage which the present age affords … we will … retell the history of Christianity K.S.Latourette * * * a good position for observation, judgment, criticism, action, etc. [1595 …   Useful english dictionary

• Coign — (koin), n. A var. spelling of {Coin}, {Quoin}, a corner, wedge; chiefly used in the phrase coign of vantage, a position advantageous for action or observation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] From some shielded nook or coign of vantage. The Century.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• coign — n. Phrases and idioms: coign of vantage a favourable position for observation or action. Etymology: earlier spelling of COIN in the sense cornerstone …   Useful english dictionary

• ace in the hole — Synonyms and related words: advantage, backlog, bulge, cache, coign of vantage, drop, edge, flying start, head start, inside track, jump, nest egg, odds, reserve, reserve fund, reserve supply, reserves, reservoir, resource, running start, savings …   Moby Thesaurus

• Corner —    The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8). Corners in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the corners of Moab denotes the whole land of Moab. The corner of a… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• jump — Synonyms and related words: Highland fling, abandon, abscond, absquatulate, accept, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, advantage, aggrandizement, airlift, amble, ambush, amplification, anabasis,… …   Moby Thesaurus