Definition of corner

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

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Clue :: Clue (n.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail..
Exangulous :: Exangulous (a.) Having no corners; without angles.
Angulous :: Angulous (a.) Angular; having corners; hooked.
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) A rectangular longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet. See Rabbet..
Nock :: Nock (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
Peak :: Peak (n.) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc..
Triangulate :: Triangulate (v. t.) To make triangular, or three-cornered..
Corner :: Corner (n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner..
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..
Portal :: Portal (n.) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment..
Angle :: Angle (n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
Earing :: Earing (n.) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
Cornerwise :: Cornerwise (adv.) With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
Corner :: Corner (n.) An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part..
Cornered :: Cornered (p. a.) 1 Having corners or angles.
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.
Whip :: Whip (v. i.) To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner..
Rummage :: Rummage (n.) A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over..
Heel :: Heel (n.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position..
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..
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