单词 | out-corner |
释义 | † out-cornern. Obsolete. An outlying, remote, or obscure corner or spot. Also figurative: an obscure or arcane area of knowledge. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > out-of-the-way place out-corner1530 out-place1530 by-corner1567 by-place1580 out-nook1605 by-part1707 by-nook1862 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 250/2 Outcorner or secrete corner, reduyt. 1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man i. 14 Besides many Back-sides, By-lanes, and Out-corners, there are foure great streets. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. ix. 82 Well skilled in some dark out-corners of Divinity. 1884 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 7 75 The diagonal of the Durfee-square terminates either at an ‘out-corner’..or at an ‘in-corner’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < |
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