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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Three-cornered :: Three-cornered (a.) Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat..
Corner :: 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..
Rook :: Rook (n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
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..
Half-bound :: Half-bound (n.) Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book..
Mocker :: Mocker (n.) One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider..
Cornerwise :: Cornerwise (adv.) With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
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..
Cornered :: Cornered (p. a.) In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
Round :: Round (v. t.) To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn..
Dog-eared :: Dog-eared (a.) Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.
Cringle :: Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc..
Aegilops :: Aegilops (n.) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.
Cantle :: Cantle (n.) A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.
Cutaway :: Cutaway (a.) Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away.
Square :: Square (n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure..
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..
Despiser :: Despiser (n.) One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.
Unhooked :: Unhooked (a.) Without nooks and corners; guileless.
Trinket :: Trinket (n.) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard..
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