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English
Etymology
From Middle English cornerwise; equivalent to corner + -wise.
Adverb
cornerwise (comparative more cornerwise, superlative most cornerwise)
- Diagonally.
Translations
Middle English
Etymology
From corner + -wise.
Adverb
cornerwise
- diagonally
?a1425, *Chauliac(1) (NY 12), 47b/a:It is persed diagonaly i. thwertly, & þe holez ar closed diagonaly [*Ch.(2): cornerwise; L dyagonaliter].- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
?a1425, Chauliac(1) (NY 12:Wallner), 2.169/12:Som men makeþ þe first inscisioun vnto þe cifac..In aiþer [method of operating] it is persed diagonaly, i. twhertly [Ch.(2): on cornerwise], & þe holez ar closed diagonaly.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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