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Corner   /kˈɔrnər/   Listen
noun
Corner  n.  
1.
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
2.
The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
3.
An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part. "From the four corners of the earth they come."
4.
A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. "This thing was not done in a corner."
5.
Direction; quarter. "Sits the wind in that corner!"
6.
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. (Broker's Cant)
Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance or indispensable. "A prince who regarded uniformity of faith as the corner stone of his government."
Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.


Corner  n.  (Association Football) (More fully corner kick.) A free kick from close to the nearest corner flag post, allowed to the opposite side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line.


verb
Corner  v. t.  (past & past part. cornered; pres. part. cornering)  
1.
To drive into a corner.
2.
To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
3.
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.





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"Corner" Quotes from Famous Books



... Chamber on the corner of the square opposite. A few curious people still lingered about the gilded iron railing, but inside the grounds the paths were deserted. I watched the fountains ripple and sparkle; the sparrows had already found this new bathing nook, and the basins were ...
— The King In Yellow • Robert W. Chambers
... make their cake by cooking up other people's troubles. Sit down. Let's talk it out." He settled himself in a corner of the ragged old horsehair sofa which faced the empty fireplace and motioned Maurice to a chair. "I thought it wasn't all headache; ...
— The Vehement Flame • Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
... for the first time I visited the granite obelisk known all over the civilized world as Bunker Hill monument. Sixty years ago, if my memory serves me correctly. General La Fayette, since deceased, laid the corner-stone, and Daniel Webster made a few desultory remarks which I cannot now recall. Eighteen years later it was formally dedicated, and Daniel spoke a good piece, composed mostly of things that he had thought up himself. ...
— Remarks • Bill Nye
... not very well pleased with this exhibition, for he thought it decidedly out of place that an ape should know more than he or any other human being; and he confided to Sancho that the ape was possessed by the devil. He brought Sancho to a dark corner in the stable where he was sure no one could overhear them, and told him there that he was convinced Master Pedro had made a bargain with the devil to get rich through the ape, and then sell him his soul, and he said it surprised him beyond words that the Holy Office had not ...
— The Story of Don Quixote • Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
... Collin turned into the freight-office and threw himself down on a box in an unnoticed corner. And ...
— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 • Various


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