corner
    n 1: a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the
         rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the
         Mediterranean"
    2: the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of
       a rectangle"
    3: an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was
       in one corner of the room" [syn: corner, nook]
    4: the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner
       watching all the girls go by" [syn: corner, street
       corner, turning point]
    5: the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect;
       "the corners of a cube"
    6: a small concavity [syn: recess, recession, niche,
       corner]
    7: a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner
       on the silver market"
    8: a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is
       impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner" [syn:
       corner, box]
    9: a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked
       off the corners"
    10: a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still
        practice slavery"
    11: (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building;
        especially one formed by a cornerstone [syn: corner,
        quoin]
    v 1: gain control over; "corner the gold market"
    2: force a person or an animal into a position from which he
       cannot escape [syn: corner, tree]
    3: turn a corner; "the car corners"

Corner \Cor"ner\ (k?r"n?r), n. [OF. corniere, cornier, LL.
   cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See
   Horn.]
   1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle,
      either external or internal.
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   2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls
      which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.
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   3. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center;
      hence, any quarter or part.
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            From the four corners of the earth they come.
                                                  --Shak.
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   4. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way
      place; a nook.
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            This thing was not done in a corner.  --Acts xxvi.
                                                  26.
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   5. Direction; quarter.
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            Sits the wind in that corner!         --Shak.
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   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]
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   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." --Prescott.

   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.
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Corner \Cor"ner\, 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.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Corner \Cor"ner\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cornered (-n?rd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. Cornering.]
   1. To drive into a corner.
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   2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless
      embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.
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   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
   The angle of a house (Job 1:19) or a street (Prov. 7:8).
   "Corners" in Neh. 9:22 denotes the various districts of the
   promised land allotted to the Israelites. In Num. 24:17, the
   "corners of Moab" denotes the whole land of Moab. The "corner of
   a field" (Lev. 19:9; 23:22) is its extreme part, which was not
   to be reaped. The Jews were prohibited from cutting the
   "corners," i.e., the extremities, of the hair and whiskers
   running round the ears (Lev. 19:27; 21:5). The "four corners of
   the earth" in Isa. 11:12 and Ezek. 7:2 denotes the whole land.
   The "corners of the streets" mentioned in Matt. 6:5 means the
   angles where streets meet so as to form a square or place of
   public resort.
   
     The corner gate of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 26:9) was
   on the north-west side of the city.
   
     Corner-stone (Job 38:6; Isa. 28:16), a block of great
   importance in binding together the sides of a building. The
   "head of the corner" (Ps. 118:22, 23) denotes the coping, the
   "coign of vantage", i.e., the topstone of a building. But the
   word "corner stone" is sometimes used to denote some person of
   rank and importance (Isa. 28:16). It is applied to our Lord, who
   was set in highest honour (Matt. 21:42). He is also styled "the
   chief corner stone" (Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:6-8). When Zechariah
   (10:4), speaking of Judah, says, "Out of him came forth the
   corner," he is probably to be understood as ultimately referring
   to the Messiah as the "corner stone." (See TEMPLE, SOLOMON'S
   �T0003612.)