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Nock :: Nock (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.

Contemner :: Contemner (n.) One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner.

Aegilops :: Aegilops (n.) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

Cant :: Cant (n.) A corner; angle; niche.

Angular :: Angular (a.) Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure..

Gyron :: Gyron (n.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner..

Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..

Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..

Canthus :: Canthus (n.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

Corner :: Corner (v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument..

Earing :: Earing (n.) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.

Eyestone :: Eyestone (n.) A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance..

Catchword :: Catchword (n.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing..

Diagonal :: Diagonal (a.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides.

Cornering :: Cornering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Corne.

Cater-cornered :: Cater-cornered (a.) Diagonal.

In :: In (n.) A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.

Rummage :: Rummage (v. t.) To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf..

Heel :: Heel (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position..

Crow''s-foot :: Crow's-foot (n.) The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes..

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