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"On the edge of winter." Milton. Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. -- Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. -- Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose secti…

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an ægilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.

Having no corners; without angles. [R.]

amily Tubinid, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with the substance.

An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree. His fiat laid the corner stone. Willis.

A concave filling in of a reëntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.

A disease in the lips of horses. Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. -- Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.

ure; groundwork; basis. Behold, I lay in Zion, for a foundation, a stone . . . a precious corner stone, a sure foundation. Is. xxviii. 16. The foundation of a free common wealth. Motley.

A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains. [Colloq.]

One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

awn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.

; the halfcock notch. -- Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. -- Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. -- Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise…

Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.

A nook; a corner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

yed, -- usually on the walls of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of giving public notification of the death of the deceased, his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc. Called also achievement. His obscure funeral; No trophy, sword, or hat…

The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone. Ps. cxviii. 22.

A corner. [Obs.] Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind. Chaucer.

Having six angles or corners.

One of the projections at the four corners of the Jewish altar of burnt offering. "Joab . . . caught hold on the horns of the altar." 1 Kings ii. 28.

utter a loud, protraced, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. And dogs in corners set them down to howl. Drayton. Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. Shak.