Definition of corner

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

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Corner :: Corner (n.) Direction; quarter.
Pentagonal :: Pentagonal (a.) Having five corners or angles.
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..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet..
Four-cornered :: Four-cornered (a.) Having four corners or angles.
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..
Pentangular :: Pentangular (a.) Having five corners or angles.
Angulated :: Angulated (a.) Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves..
Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..
Clue :: Clue (n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
By-corner :: By-corner (n.) A private corner.
Three-cornered :: Three-cornered (a.) Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat..
Sprite :: Sprit (v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate..
Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..
Angularly :: Angularly (adv.) In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.
Headstone :: Headstone (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.
Corner :: Corner (v. t.) To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument..
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.
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..
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..
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