adv. [See -WISE.] In the manner of a corner; so as to form a corner or angle; diagonally.
1474. Caxton, Chesse, IV. iv. (repr.) 150. The alphyn goeth alwey cornerwyse fro the thyrd poynt to the thyrd poynt. Ibid. (1480), Descr. Eng., 40. Y-shape endlong and corner-wese.
1586. T. B., La Primaud. Fr. Acad., II. (1594), 41. Their legges … are placed in regard of the backebone when they walke … cornerwise, not downeright.
1684. R. H., Sch. Recreat. (1696), 32. Close up the open end, by turning in the Paper of Paste-board corner-wise.
1858. Hawthorne, Fr. & It. Jrnls., II. 40. Squares meeting one another cornerwise.
1857. Mrs. Gaskell, C. Brontë, 1. The gable-ended houses, which obtrude themselves corner-wise on the widening street.
