02324 Cor"ner, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cornered (-n?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Cornering.] 1. To drive into a corner.2. To drive into a position of great difficaulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.3. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.
02475 E*las`mo*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a metal plate + a lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.
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