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Definition of Cornerwise
1. adv. With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.
Definition of Cornerwise
1. Adverb. Diagonally. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cornerwise
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cornerwise
Literary usage of Cornerwise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"... near right hand corner to the far left hand corner (northwest and east) and
half an inch from the line drawn cornerwise the other way ; and lengthwise ..."
2. My grandmother's budget of stories and songs by Frances Freeling Broderip (1863)
"SHOWING HOW MINCE-PIES WERE INTRODUCED INTO cornerwise. Na very out-of-the-way
country, in a remote part of the world, stood the quaint little town of ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1854)
"The forward frame is placed cornerwise to the team, the two outside bars of the
frame projecting back about a foot beyond the side pieces. ..."
4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, William Ripley Nichols, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1854)
"This new pattern of harrow, is made of three wooden frames, say four feet square,
with thirty-two teeth. The forward frame is placed cornerwise to the team, ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"This is also liable to cause the hooks to be bent, since if the cylinder comes
in cornerwise, it reaches the needles sooner and thus moves some of the hooks ..."
6. Text Books of Art Education, Book I- by Hugo B. Froehlich, Bonnie E. Snow (1906)
"You could also place a box like this turned cornerwise, so that its top would
look like a straight line. ... Place cornerwise, on a table in front of you, ..."
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