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cornering

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of corner

noun cornerings

  1. A piece of decorative work forming a corner. We have been informed that these cornerings are rarely used when the ceilings are not decorated […]
  2. The act by which somebody is cornered. 1809–1812, Maria Edgeworth, "Manoeuvring", in Tales of Fashionable Life Aside; ay, ay, but take care, I advise you, of her asides, and her whisperings, and her cornerings, and her inuendoes, and semiconfidences, lest your own happiness, my dear, unsuspecting, enthusiastic daughter, should be the sac

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@misc{cornering_2026,
  title = {cornering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cornering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}