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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Biangular :: Biangular (a.) Having two angles or corners.
Clue :: Clue (n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
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.
Headstone :: Headstone (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
Nock :: Nock (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
Nook :: Nook (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..
Square :: Square (n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure..
Exangulous :: Exangulous (a.) Having no corners; without angles.
Corner :: Corner (n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner..
Crossette :: Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow..
Angularly :: Angularly (adv.) In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.
Union :: Union (n.) A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain..
Corner :: Corner (v. t.) To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum..
Angulous :: Angulous (a.) Angular; having corners; hooked.
Herne :: Herne (n.) A corner.
By-corner :: By-corner (n.) A private corner.
Nook-shotten :: Nook-shotten (a.) Full of nooks, angles, or corners..
Whip :: Whip (v. i.) To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner..
Hexangular :: Hexangular (a.) Having six angles or corners.
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