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imp. & p. p.
of Corner
n.
A private corner.
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.
a.
Without nooks and corners; guileless.
a.
Having four corners or angles.
a.
Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem.
n.
The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
adv.
With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
v. t.
To make triangular, or three-cornered.
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.
n.
The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road.
v. t.
To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf.
p. a.
1 Having corners or angles.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Corner
a.
Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.
n.
A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
v. t.
To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
a.
Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles.
v. t.
To drive into a corner.
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