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Earing :: Earing (n.) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing.

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..

Goosewing :: Goosewing (n.) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

Coin :: Coin (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin..

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.

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..

Cornerwise :: Cornerwise (adv.) With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.

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

Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet..

Peak :: Peak (n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc..

Cantlet :: Cantlet (n.) A piece; a fragment; a corner.

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..

Cantle :: Cantle (n.) A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.

Despiser :: Despiser (n.) One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.

Corner :: Corner (v. t.) To drive into a corner.

Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself..

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

Angulated :: Angulated (a.) Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves..

Four-cornered :: Four-cornered (a.) Having four corners or angles.

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