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ace in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.

The chief ornament. [Obs.] Thou makest the triumviry the cornercap of society. Shak.

1 Having corners or angles.

With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.

A private corner. Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world. Fuller.

Diagonal. [Colloq.]

Having four corners or angles.

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.

One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." Spenser. Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34.

Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat.

t away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part. [Obs.] If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. Sir T. Browne.

An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. [Obs.] Gwilt.

The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.

Relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.

In an angular manner; with of at angles or corners. B. Jonson.

Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.

Angular; having corners; hooked. [R.] Held together by hooks and angulous involutions. Glanvill.

about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner. [Colloq. U. S.]

Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. Encyc. Brit. Cussans.