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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Ancone :: Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter..
Coin :: Coin (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin..
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..
Cornercap :: Cornercap (n.) The chief ornament.
Squinsy :: Squinch (n.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also sconce, and sconcheon..
Arrasways :: Arrasways (adv.) Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form..
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..
Out :: Out (n.) A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In..
Pentagonal :: Pentagonal (a.) Having five corners or angles.
Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..
Clue :: Clue (n.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail..
Corner :: Corner (n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner..
Three-cornered :: Three-cornered (a.) Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat..
Inocular :: Inocular (a.) Inserted in the corner of the eye; -- said of the antenn/ of certain insects.
Canthus :: Canthus (n.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.
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.
Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over..
Square :: Square (a.) Forming a right angle; as, a square corner..
Exangulous :: Exangulous (a.) Having no corners; without angles.
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