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Definition of Three-cornered

1. Adjective. Having three corners. "A three-cornered hat"

2. Adjective. Involving a group or set of three. "A three-cornered race"

Definition of Three-cornered

1. Adjective. Having three corners; triangular. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Three-cornered

1. 1. Having three corners, or angles; as, a three-cornered hat. 2. Having three prominent longitudinal angles; as, a three-cornered stem. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Three-cornered

threatscape threatscapes threave threaves three three-D three-bagger three-banded armadillo three-base hit three-body collisions

three-card monte three-card trickster three-center two-electron bond three-centered arch three-cornered (current term) three-cornered bone three-cornered leek three-day event three-day fever three-day measles

three-decker three-dimensional three-dimensional diffraction pattern three-dimensional figure three-dimensional radar three-dimensional record three-dimensionality three-figure three-finger salute

Literary usage of Three-cornered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... and a three-cornered hat under his arm, gave utterance, with a bow, to the customary words: "Messieurs, when it shall be your pleasure. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... On that resta a little three cornered piece of metal С С', the two legs of which are hinged or set in little sockets E E', in the framework A, ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"A WOMAN VIEWED FROM WITHOUT From 'The Three-Cornered Hat' THE last and perhaps the most powerful reason which the quality of the city —clergy as well as ..."

4. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1897)
"Such is the ground for the institution which prevailed from 1867 to 1885, of ' three- cornered constituencies.' More strictly described, it consists in ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1869)
"On the Chances of Success or Failure of Candidates for three-cornered or four-cornered Constituencies. By KB HAYWARD, MA This paper discussed some of the ..."

6. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"A THREE CORNERED FIGHT WITH A GRIZZLY. WM JACKSON. During 10 years spent in the mountains, as guide and hunter. I have had the good fortune to kill nearly ..."

7. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1904)
"CHAPTER III CLASH OF NATIONALITIES ON THE DELAWARE, 1621-1647 THE early struggle for the possession of the Delaware was a three-cornered one. ..."

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