Definition of corner

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Corner (n.) The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner..

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Square :: Square (n.) The corner, or angle, of a figure..
Clue :: Clue (n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom..
Contemner :: Contemner (n.) One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner.
Angulous :: Angulous (a.) Angular; having corners; hooked.
Canthus :: Canthus (n.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.
Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering.
Corner :: Corner (v. t.) To drive into a corner.
Tassel :: Tassel (n.) A pendent ornament, attached to the corners of cushions, to curtains, and the like, ending in a tuft of loose threads or cords..
Rictus :: Rictus (n.) The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth..
Crossette :: Crossette (n.) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow..
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..
Cornerwise :: Cornerwise (adv.) With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
Unhooked :: Unhooked (a.) Without nooks and corners; guileless.
Corner :: Corner (n.) A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
Earing :: Earing (n.) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked..
Arrasways :: Arrasways (adv.) Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form..
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