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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Rook :: Rook (n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
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..
Cantle :: Cantle (n.) A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.
By-corner :: By-corner (n.) A private corner.
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..
Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..
Charbon :: Charbon (n.) A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
Trigonal :: Trigonal (a.) Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles..
Cater-cornered :: Cater-cornered (a.) Diagonal.
Corner :: Corner (n.) The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal..
Earing :: Earing (n.) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
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..
Clue :: Clue (n.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail..
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..
Angularly :: Angularly (adv.) In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners.
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..
Corner :: Corner (n.) A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
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..
Half-bound :: Half-bound (n.) Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book..
Despiser :: Despiser (n.) One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.
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