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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..

Cobwork :: Cobwork (a.) Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater..

Hatchment :: Hatchment (n.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement..

Angle :: Angle (n.) A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) The part of a sail to which the tack is usually fastened; the foremost lower corner of fore-and-aft sails, as of schooners (see Illust. of Sail)..

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..

Corner :: Corner (n.) Direction; quarter.

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.

Scorner :: Scorner (n.) One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion..

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

Cornercap :: Cornercap (n.) The chief ornament.

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

Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..

Nock :: Nock (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.

Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..

Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..

Cornered :: Cornered (imp. & p. p.) of Corne.

Ancone :: Ancone (n.) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter..

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

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..

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