Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Corner \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 difficulty 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.