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{ } a. [ L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. Bickern. ] Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A private corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a slanted or oblique direction.
Syn. -- bias, catacorner, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. Cater to cut diagonally. ] Diagonal. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
Syn. -- bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; Fr. L. clava club + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Corneas [ Fem. sing., fr. L. corneus horny, fr. cornu a horn. See Horn. ] (Anat.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cornea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cornille, cornoille, F. cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L. cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the wood. See Horn. ] 1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as Cornus florida, the flowering cornel; Cornus stolonifera, the osier cornel; Cornus Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cornaline, OF. corneline, fr. L. cornu horn. So called from its horny appearance when broken. See Horn, and cf. Carnelian. ] (Min.) Same as Carnelian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Horny on one side and calcareous on the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corneus, fr. cornu horn. ] Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the four corners of the earth they come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook. [ 1913 Webster ]

This thing was not done in a corner. Acts xxvi. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Direction; quarter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sits the wind in that corner! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cornered p. pr. & vb. n. Cornering. ] 1. To drive into a corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To drive into a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The chief ornament. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou makest the triumviry the cornercap of society. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. 1 Having corners or angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With the corner in front; diagonally; not square. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cornet, m. (for senses 1 & 2), cornette, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of corne horn, L. cornu. See Horn. ] 1. (Mus.) (a) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. (b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-à-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) (a) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. [ Obs. ] “A body of five cornets of horse.” Clarendon. (b) The standard of such a troop. [ Obs. ] (c) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A headdress: (a) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions. (b) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ Cf. Coronet. ] (Far.) See Coronet, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cornets-à-piston. [ F. ] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The commission or rank of a cornet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who blows a cornet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of cornée the cornea. ] (Zool.) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates. Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having four corners or angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

An angle in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, London; -- so called because it contains the tombs of Chaucer, Spenser, Dryden, Ben Jonson, Gray, Tennyson, Browning, and other English poets, and memorials to many buried elsewhere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. “Great scorners of death.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under a horny part or layer. (b) Partially horny. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. subula an awl + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) A division of insects having slender or subulate antennae. The dragon flies and May flies are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]