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.
02324 Cor"nish (k?r"n?sh), a. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.Cornish chough. See Chough. -- Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.
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