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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having corners or angles; specifically, having three or more angles: chiefly in composition: as, a three-cornered hat.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective 1 Having corners or angles.
  • adjective In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of corner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective forced to turn and face attackers

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