Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker.
Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured.
Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.
Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.
Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Cankerworm (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms.
Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.
Cankery (a.) Surly; sore; malignant.
Canna (n.) A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.
Canna (n.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States.
Cannabene (n.) A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.
Cannabin (n.) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.
Cannabine (a.) Pertaining to hemp; hempen.
Cannabis (n.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.
Cannel coal () A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.
Cannery (n.) A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on.
Cannibal (n.) A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.
Cannibal (a.) Relating to cannibals or cannibalism.
Cannibalism (n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
Cannibally (adv.) In the manner of cannibal.
Cannikin (n.) A small can or drinking vessel.
Cannily (adv.) In a canny manner.
Canniness (n.) Caution; crafty management.
Cannons (pl. ) of Cannon
Cannon (pl. ) of Cannon
Cannon (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
Cannon (n.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
Cannon (n.) A kind of type. See Canon.
Cannon (n. & v.) See Carom.
Cannonade (n.) The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.
Cannonade (n.) Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
Cannonade (imp. & p. p.) of Cannonade
Cannonading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cannonade
Cannonade (v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
Cannonade (v. i.) To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
Cannon bone () See Canon Bone.
Cannoned (a.) Furnished with cannon.
Cannoneer (n.) Alt. of Cannonier
Cannonier (n.) A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
Cannonering (n.) The use of cannon.
Cannonry (n.) Cannon, collectively; artillery.
Cannot () Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.
Cannula (n.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar.
Cannular (a.) Having the form of a tube; tubular.
Cannulated (a.) Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle.
Canny (a.) Alt. of Cannei
Cannei (a.) Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.
Cannei (a.) Skillful; knowing; capable.
Cannei (a.) Cautious; prudent; safe..
Cannei (a.) Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle.
Cannei (a.) Reputed to have magical powers.
Canoes (pl. ) of Canoe
Canoe (n.) A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
Canoe (n.) A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
Canoe (n.) A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
Canoed (imp. & p. p.) of Canoe
Canoeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canoe
Canoe (v. i.) To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
Canoeing (n.) The act or art of using a canoe.
Canoeist (n.) A canoeman.
Canoemen (pl. ) of Canoeman
Canoeman (n.) One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.
Canon (n.) A law or rule.
Canon (n.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.
Canon (n.) The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.
Canon (n.) In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
Canon (n.) A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
Canon (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
Canon (n.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.
Canon (n.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.
Canon (n.) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank.
Canon (n.) See Carom.
Ca–on (n.) A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.
Canon bit () That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
Canon bone () The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.
Canoness (n.) A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.
Canonic (a.) Alt. of Cannonical
Cannonical (a.) Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a , canon or canons.
Canonically (adv.) In a canonical manner; according to the canons.
Canonicalness (n.) The quality of being canonical; canonicity.
Canonicals (n. pl.) The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress.
Canonicate (n.) The office of a canon; a canonry.
Canonicity (n.) The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.
Canonist (n.) A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.
Canonistic (a.) Of or pertaining to a canonist.
Canonization (n.) The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
Canonization (n.) The state of being canonized or sainted.
Canonized (imp. & p. p.) of Canonize
Canonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canonize
Canonize (v. t.) To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.
Canonize (v. t.) To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.
Canonize (v. t.) To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.
Canonry (n. pl.) A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.
Canonship (a.) Of or pertaining to Canopus in Egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.