Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nook"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nook \Nook\, n. [OE. nok; cf. Gael. & Ir. niuc.]
A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between
bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
How couldst thou find this dark, sequestered nook?
--Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nook
n 1: a sheltered and secluded place
2: an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was
in one corner of the room" [syn: {corner}]
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