Sentence:  Aside; ay, ay, but take care, I advise you, of her asides, and her whisperings, and her <WSD>cornerings</WSD>, and her inuendoes, and semiconfidences, lest your own happiness, my dear, unsuspecting, enthusiastic daughter, should be the sacrifice. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The act by which somebody is cornered.