(a) An angle formed by the meeting of two lines; an angular symbol used in musical notation; lettre ~, part of an alphabetic character; (b) the corner of a cloth or document; mantel ~ [see mantel 1. (a)]; (c) an outside corner of a building; (d) the corner area of a room, square pond, or field; bed ~, a corner containing a bed; north (south) auter ~, of an orientated altar: the north (south) corner of the west side of the altar, the gospel (epistle) corner.

(a) A part or section of a city, the world, etc.; ~ of the north, northern part or direction; ech a ~, everi ~, every part, every bit; (b) a secluded spot; a hiding place; (c) a land measure; (d) ferthing ~, a piece or segment of a farthing, least bit [see also ferthing 3. (b)]; (e) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.51].