Definition of corner

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Corner (n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock..

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Square :: Square (a.) Forming a right angle; as, a square corner..
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over..
Nook-shotten :: Nook-shotten (a.) Full of nooks, angles, or corners..
Ancone :: Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter..
Quincunx :: Quincunx (n.) An arrangement of things by fives in a square or a rectangle, one being placed at each corner and one in the middle; especially, such an arrangement of trees repeated indefinitely, so as to form a regular group with rows running in various directions..
Hexangular :: Hexangular (a.) Having six angles or corners.
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..
Nock :: Nock (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
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..
Tassel :: Tassel (n.) A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table..
Four-cornered :: Four-cornered (a.) Having four corners or angles.
Cutaway :: Cutaway (a.) Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away.
Dog's-ear :: Dog's-ear (n.) The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog..
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner..
Four-poster :: Four-poster (n.) A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains.
Cornerwise :: Cornerwise (adv.) With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
Cantlet :: Cantlet (n.) A piece; a fragment; a corner.
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked..
Pentagonal :: Pentagonal (a.) Having five corners or angles.
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