CORNER
ADVERBS
► CORNERLY diagonally, cornerwise → 1474 obs.
NOUNS
► CANT a corner in a building; a nook; a niche → 1603 obs.
► CANTLE a corner or nook; a corner-piece → c1350 obs.
► CANTLING a small corner, part, section, or division → 1674 obs.
► CANTON a corner, an angle; a retreating corner, angle, or nook → 1534 obs.
► DINYAN a little corner → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ELBOW a corner, a forward or outward projection → 1626
► HALE a corner, a nook; a secret place → c897 obs.
► HALKE a corner, recess, hiding-place → a1300 obs.
► JACK HORNER a corner → 20C rhyming sl.
► JAMB a corner or an angular turn in a street or way → 1567 obs.
► QUINE a corner; in masonry: the exterior or interior angle of a wall → 1873 Eng. dial.
► QUINIE a corner in general; the external angle formed by the junction of two walls → 1704 Sc.
► QUINYIE a corner → 1588 Sc. obs.
► QUINZIE a corner → 1742 Sc.
► RAY ► WRAY a corner → 1891 Eng. dial.
► YARRAGE a corner, an edge, a sharp point → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
► BLOCK BOY a youth who hangs out at the corner, or who looks as if he would → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► BAIL UP ► BALE UP to corner, to trap→ M19 Aust. sl.
► HEM ► HEM UP to corner, to surround, to catch→ 1939
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