sharp-cornered

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I pull forward one of my two blank cards and write in big block letters an unbendable, sharp-cornered David-word: RULE.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

Here we deserted the open air for piled-up brushy tangles, many sharp-cornered rock fragments, and a choked streamlet.

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward

The screen of oak-crowned upland suddenly fell away and a grey sharp-cornered building came into view in a setting of low growing beeches and dark pines. 

From When William Came by Saki

Their oars were lancet-shaped as far as the middle, and had a protruding sharp-cornered point.

From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden

The little bran scales being sharp-cornered and rough, serve as a local irritant or mechanical stimulation.

From The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male by Hall, Winfield Scott