Definition of corner

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Corner (n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock..

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Mocker :: Mocker (n.) One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider..
Fillet :: Fillet (n.) A concave filling in of a reentrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner..
Quinquangular :: Quinquangular (a.) Having five angles or corners.
Earing :: Earing (n.) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing.
Cornered :: Cornered (p. a.) In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
Corner :: Corner (n.) Direction; quarter.
Cornerwise :: Cornerwise (adv.) With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
Unhooked :: Unhooked (a.) Without nooks and corners; guileless.
Contemner :: Contemner (n.) One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner.
Nook-shotten :: Nook-shotten (a.) Full of nooks, angles, or corners..
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..
Whip :: Whip (v. i.) To move nimbly; to start or turn suddenly and do something; to whisk; as, he whipped around the corner..
Cornered :: Cornered (imp. & p. p.) of Corne.
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..
Cringle :: Cringle (n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc..
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..
Turning :: Turning (n.) The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road..
Half-bound :: Half-bound (n.) Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book..
Aegilops :: Aegilops (n.) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.
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