CAMPCamp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Camped; p. pr. & vb n. Camping.]
Defn: To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak.
CAMPCamp, v. i.
1. To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; — often with out. They camped out at night, under the stars. W. Irving.
2. Etym: [See Camp, n., 6]
Defn: To play the game called camp. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
CAMPAGNACam*pa"gna, n. Etym: [It. See Campaing.]
Defn: An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma."The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.
Note: Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria.
CAMPAGNOLCam`pa`gnol", n. Etym: [F. , fr. campagne field.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
CAMPAIGNCam*paign", n. Etym: [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania thelevel country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf.Champaign, Champagne.]
1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. Grath.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. Wilhelm.
3. Political operations preceding an election; a canvass. [Cant, U. S.]
4. (Metal.)
Defn: The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
CAMPAIGNCam*paign", v. i.
Defn: To serve in a campaign.
CAMPAIGNERCam*paign"er, n.
Defn: One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
CAMPANACam*pa"na, n. Etym: [LL. campana bell. Cf. Campanle.]
1. (Eccl.)
Defn: A church bell.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The pasque flower. Drayton.
3. (Doric Arch.)
Defn: Same as Gutta.
CAMPANEDCam*paned", a. (Her.)
Defn: Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells.
CAMPANEROCam`pa*ne"ro, n. Etym: [Sp., a bellman.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.
CAMPANESCam*panes", n. pl. Etym: [See Campana.] (Her.)
Defn: Bells. [R.]
CAMPANIACam*pa"ni*a, n. Etym: [See Campaig.]
Defn: Open country. Sir W. Temple.
CAMPANIFORM Cam*pan"i*form, a. Etym: [LL. campana bell + -form: cf. F. companiforme.]
Defn: Bell-shaped.
CAMPANILECam`pa*ni"le, n. Etym: [It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. &LL. campana bell.] (Arch.)
Defn: A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.Many of the campaniles od Italy are lofty and magnificent atructures.Swift.
CAMPANILIFORMCam`pa*nil"i*form, a. Etym: [See Campaniform.]
Defn: Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.
CAMPANOLOGISTCam`pa*nol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.
CAMPANOLOGYCam`pa*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [LL. campana bell _ -logy.]
Defn: The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.
CAMPANULA Cam*pan"u*la, n. Etym: [LL. campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell.] (Bot.)
Defn: A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; — also called bellflower.
CAMPANULACEOUSCam*pan`u*la"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants(Camponulaceæ) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes theCanterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.
CAMPANULARIANCam*pan`u*la"ri*an, n. Etym: [L. campanula a bell.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A hydroid of the family ampanularidæ, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecæ.
CAMPANULATECam*pan"u*late, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Bell-shaped.
CAMPBELLITECamp"bell*ite, n. Etym: [From Alexander Campbell, of Virginia.](Eccl.)
Defn: A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples ofChrist. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname.See Christian, 3.
CAMPEACHY WOODCam*peach"y Wood`. Etym: [From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico.]
Defn: Logwood.
CAMPERCamp"er, n.
Defn: One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp.
CAMPESTRAL; CAMPESTRIAN Cam*pes"tral, Cam*pes"tri*an, a. Etym: [L. campester, fr. campus field.]
Defn: Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.
CAMPFIGHTCamp"fight`, n. Etym: [Cf. Camp, n., 6.] (O. Eng. Law.)
Defn: A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.
CAMPHENECam"phene, n. (Chem.)
Defn: One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.
CAMPHINECam*phine", n. Etym: [From Camphor.]
Defn: Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.
Note: The name is also applied to a mixture of this substance with three times its volume of alcohol and sometimes a little ether, used as an illuminant.
CAMPHIRECam"phire, n.
Defn: An old spelling of Camphor.
CAMPHOGEN Cam"pho*gen, n. Etym: [Camphor + -gen: — formerly so called as derived from camphor: cf. F. camphogène.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Cymene.
CAMPHOLCam"phol, n. Etym: [Camphol + -ol.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Borneol.
CAMPHOR Cam"phor, n. Etym: [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. kafur, prob. fr. Skr. karpura.]
1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnæus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.
2. A gum resembing ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; — called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.
Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as cedar camphor, obtained from the red or pencil cedar (Juniperus Virginiana), and peppermint camphor, or menthol, obtained from the oil of peppermint. Camphor oil (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. — Camphor tree, a large evergreen tree (Cinnamomum Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.
CAMPHORCam"phor, v. t.
Defn: To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate. [R.] Tatler.
CAMPHORACEOUSCam`pho*ra"ceous, a.
Defn: Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor. Dunglison.
CAMPHORATECam"phor*ate, v. t.
Defn: To impregnate or treat with camphor.
CAMPHORATECam"phor*ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. camphorate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of camphoric acid.
CAMPHORATE; CAMPORATEDCam"phor*ate, Cam"por*a`ted,
Defn: Combined or impregnated with camphor. Camphorated oil, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation.
CAMPHORICCam*phor"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. camphorique.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor. Camphoric acid, a white crystallizable substance, C10H16O4, obtained from the oxidation of camphor.
Note: Other acid of camphor are campholic acid, C10H18O2, and camphoronic acid, C9H12O5, white crystallizable substances.
CAMPHRETICCam*phret"ic, a. Etym: [rom Camphor.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [R.]
CAMPINGCamp"ing, n.
1. Lodging in a camp.
2. Etym: [See Camp, n., 6]
Defn: A game of football. [Prov. Eng.]
CAMPIONCam"pi*on, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen. — Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimsome crimson flowers.
CAMPUSCam"pus, n. Etym: [L., a field.]
Defn: The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.
CAMPYLOSPERMOUSCam`py*lo*sper"mous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.
CAMPYLOTROPOUSCam`py*lot"ro*pous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
CAMUSCam"us, n.
Defn: See Camis. [Obs.]
CAMWOODCam"wood, n.
Defn: See Barwood.
CANCan,
Defn: an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry.
Note: [See Gan.]With gentle words he can faile gree. Spenser.
CAN Can, n. Etym: [OE. & AS. canne; akin to D. Kan, G. Kanne, OHG. channa, Sw. Kanna, Dan. kande.]
1. A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. [Shak. ] Fill the cup and fill can, Have a rouse before the morn. Tennyson.
2. A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.
Note: A can may be a cylinder open at the top, as for receiving the sliver from a carding machine, or with a removable cover or stopper, as for holding tea, spices, milk, oysters, etc., or with handle and spout, as for holding oil, or hermetically sealed, in canning meats, fruits, etc. The name is also sometimes given to the small glass or earthenware jar used in canning.
CANCan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canned; p. pr. &vb. n. Canning.]
Defn: To preserve by putting in sealed cans [U. S.] "Canned meats" W. D. Howells. Canned goods, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.
CANCan, v. t. & i.
Note: [The transitive use is obsolete.] [imp. Could.] Etym: [OE. cunnen, cannen (1st sing. pres. I can), to know, know how, be able, AS. cunnan, 1st sing. pres. ic cann or can, pl. cunnon, 1st sing. imp. cu\'ebe (for cunthe); p. p. cu\'eb (for cunth); akin to OS. Kunnan, D. Kunnen, OHG. chunnan, G. können, Icel. kunna, Goth. Kunnan, and E. ken to know. The present tense I can (AS. ic cann) was originally a preterit, meaning I have known or Learned, and hence I know, know how. *45. See Ken, Know; cf. Con, Cunning, Uncouth.]
1. To know; to understand. [Obs.]I can rimes of Rodin Hood. Piers Plowman.I can no Latin, quod she. Piers Plowman.Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can. Shak.
2. To be able to do; to have power or influence. [Obs.]The will of Him who all things can. Milton.For what, alas, can these my single arms Shak.Mæcænas and Agrippa, who can most with Cæsar. Beau. & Fl.
3. To be able; — followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
Syn. — Can but, Can not but. It is an error to use the former of these phrases where the sens requires the latter. If we say, "I can but perish if I go," "But" means only, and denotes that this is all or the worst that can happen. When the apostle Peter said. "We can not but speak of the things which we have seen and heard." he referred to a moral constraint or necessety which rested upon him and his associates; and the meaning was, We cannot help speaking, We cannot refrain from speaking. This idea of a moral necessity or constraint is of frequent occurrence, and is also expressed in the phrase, "I can not help it." Thus we say. "I can not but hope," "I can not but believe," "I can not but think," "I can not but remark," etc., in cases in which it would be an error to use the phrase can but. Yet he could not but acknowledge to himself that there was something calculated to impress awe, . . . in the sudden appearances and vanishings . . . of the masque De Quincey. Tom felt that this was a rebuff for him, and could not but understand it as a left-handed hit at his employer. Dickens.
CANAANITECa"naan*ite, n.
1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.
2. A Native or inbabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
CANAANITECa"naan*ite, n. Etym: [From an Aramaic word signifying "zeal."]
Defn: A zealot. "Simon the Canaanite." Matt. x. 4.
Note: This was the "Simon called Zelotes" (Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot. Kitto.
CANAANITISHCa"naan*i`tish, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.
CANADA; CANYADACa*ña"da, n. Etym: [Sp.]
Defn: A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]
CANADACan"a*da, n.
Defn: A British province in North America, giving its name to variousplants and animals. Canada balsam. See under Balsam.— Canada goose. (Zoöl.) See Whisky Jack.— Canada lynx. (Zoöl.) See Lynx.— Canada porcupine (Zoöl.) See Porcupine, and Urson.— Canada rice (Bot.) See under Rick.— Canada robin (Zoöl.), the cedar bird.
CANADIANCa*na"di*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Canada.— n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Canada. Canadian period (Geol.), A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology.
CANAILLE Ca*naille", n. Etym: [F. canaille (cf. It. canaglia), prop. and orig. a pack of dogs, fr. L. Canis dog.]
1. The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.
2. Shorts or inferior flour. [Canadian]
CANAKINCan"a*kin, n. Etym: [Dim. of can.]
Defn: A little can or cup. "And let me the canakin clink." Shak.
CANALCa*nal", n. Etym: [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob.from a root signifying "to cut"; cf. D. kanaal, fr. the French. Cf.Channel, Kennel gutter.]
1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal. Canal lock. See Lock.
CANAL COALCan"al coal`.
Defn: See Cannel coal.
CANALICULATE; CANALICULATED Can`a*lic"u*late, Can`a*lic"u*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. canaliculatus channeled, fr. canaliculus, dim. of canalis. See Canal.]
Defn: Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.
CANALICULUSCan`a*lic"u*lus, n.; pl. Canaliculi. Etym: [L.] (Anat.)
Defn: A minute canal.
CANALIZATIONCa*nal`i*za"tion, n.
Defn: Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals. [R.]
CANAPECa`na`pé", n. [F., orig. a couch with mosquito curtains. See Canopy.]
1. A sofa or divan.
2. (Cookery) A slice or piece of bread fried in butter or oil, on which anchovies, mushrooms, etc., are served.
CANAPE CONFIDENTCa`na`pé" con`fi`dent".
Defn: A sofa having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
CANARDCa*nard", n. Etym: [F., properly, a duck.]
Defn: An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
CANARESECan`a*rese", a.
Defn: Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India.
CANARY Ca*na"ry, a. Etym: [F. Canarie, L. Canaria insula one of the Canary islands, said to be so called from its large dogs, fr. canis dog.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.
2. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. Canary grass, a grass of the genus Phalaris (P. Canariensis), producing the seed used as food for canary birds. — Canary stone (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. — Canary wood, the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and P. Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. — Canary vine. See Canary bird flower, under Canary bird.
CANARYCa*na"ry, n.; pl. Canaries.
1. Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack. "A cup of canary." Shak.
2. A canary bird.
3. A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.
4. A quick and lively dance. [Obs.] Make you dance canary With sprightly fire and motion. Shak.
CANARYCa*na"ry, v. i.
Defn: To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper. [Obs.]But to jig of a tune at the tongue's end, canary to it with yourfeet. Shak.CANARY BIRDCa*na"ry bird`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.canary.
Canary bird flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Tropæolum peregrinum) with canary-colored flowers of peculiar form; — called also canary vine.
CANASTER Ca*nas"ter, n. Etym: [Sp. canasta, canastro, basket, fr. L. canistrum. See Canister.]
Defn: A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; — so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America. McElrath.
CAN BUOYCan" buoy`.
Defn: See under Buoy, n.
CANCANCan"can, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.
CANCEL Can"cel, v. i. [Imp. & p. p. Canceled or Cancelled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Canceling or Cancelling.] Etym: [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. Chancel.]
1. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.] A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. Evelyn.
2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] "Canceled from heaven." Milton.
3. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. Blackstone.
4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. The indentures were canceled. Thackeray. He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. Sir W. Scott.
5. (Print.)
Defn: To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. Canceled figures (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics.
Syn.— To blot out; Obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul;abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. SeeAbolish.
CANCELCan"cel, n. Etym: [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]
1. An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. [Obs.] A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . . desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body. Jer. Taylor.
2. (Print) (a) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. (b) The part thus suppressed.
CANCELIER Can`cel*ier", v. i. Etym: [F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E. cancel.] (Falconry)
Defn: To turn in flight; — said of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares.He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier.Massinger.
CANCELIER; CANCELEERCan`cel*ier", Can"cel*eer, n. (Falconry)
Defn: The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.] The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers are they the fowl can reach. Drayton.
CANCELLAREANCan`cel*la"re*an, a.
Defn: Cancellarean. [R.]
CANCELLATECan"cel*late, a. Etym: [L. cancellatus, p. p. of cancellare, SeeCancel, v. t.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plant; latticelike.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles.
CANCELLATEDCan"cel*la`ted, a.
1. Crossbarres; marked with cross lines. Grew.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Open or spongy, as some porous bones.
CANCELLATIONCan`cel*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. cancellatio: cf. F. cancellation.]
1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
2. (Math.)
Defn: The operation of striking out common factora, in both the dividend and divisor.
CANCELLICan*cel"li, n. pl. Etym: [L., a lattice. See Cancel, v. t.]
1. An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the have of a church, or in a window.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities.
CANCELLOUSCan"cel*lous, a. Etym: [Cf. L. cancellosus covered with bars.](Anat.)
Defn: Having a spongy or porous stracture; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones.
CANCER Can"cer, n. Etym: [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karka crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. Canner, Chancre.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.
2. (Astron.) (a) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic. (b) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.
3. (Med.)
Defn: Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term it now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework.
Note: Four kinds of cancers are recognized: (1) Epithelial cancer, or Epithelioma, in which there is no trabecular framework. See Epithelioma. (2) Scirrhous cancer, or Hard cancer, in which the framework predominates, and the tumor is of hard consistence and slow growth. (3) Encephaloid, Medullary, or Soft cancer, in which the cellular element predominates, and the tumor is soft, grows rapidy, and often ulcerates. (4) Colloid cancer, in which the cancerous structure becomes gelatinous. The last three varieties are also called carcinoma. Cancer cells, cells once believed to be peculiar to cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and distinguished only by peculiarity of location and grouping. — Cancer root (Bot.), the name of several low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, as the beech drops, the squawroot, etc. — Tropic of Cancer. See Tropic.
CANCERATE Can"cer*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cancerated.] Etym: [LL. canceratus eaten by a cancer. See Cancer.]
Defn: To grow into a canser; to become cancerous. Boyle.
CANCERATIONCan`cer*a"tion, n.
Defn: The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.
CANCERITECan"cer*ite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cancéreux.]
Defn: Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer;affected with cancer. "Cancerous vices." G. Eliot.— Can"cer*ous*ly, adv.— Can"cer*ous*ness, n.
CANCEROUSCan"cer*ous, a. [Cf. F. cancéreux]
Defn: Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. "cancerous vices" G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
— Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. —Can"cer*ous*ness, n.
CANCRIFORMCan"cri*form, a. Etym: [Cancer + -form; cf. F. cancriforme.]
1. Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.
2. Like a cancer; cancerous.
CANCRINECan"crine, a. Etym: [From Cancer.]
Defn: Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.
CANCRINITE Can"cri*nite, n. Etym: [Named after Count Cancrin, a minister of finance in Russia.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.
CANCROIDCan"croid, a. Etym: [Cancer + oid.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.
2. Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor.
CANDCand, n.
Defn: Fluor spar. See Kand.
CANDELABRUM Can`de*la"brum n.; pl. L. Candelabra, E. Candelabrums. Etym: [L., fr. candela candle. See candle.]
1. (Antiq.) (a) A lamp stand of any sort. (b) A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, — frequently a votive offering to a temple.
2. A large candlestick, having several branches.
CANDENTCan`dent, a. Etym: [L. candens, p. pr. of candëre to glitter. SeeCandid.]
Defn: Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. "A candent vessel."Boyle.
CANDEROSCan"de*ros, n.
Defn: An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.
CANDESCENCECan*des"cence, n.
Defn: See Inclandescence.
CANDESCENT Can*des"cent, a. [L. candescens, -entis, p. pr. of candescere, v. incho. fr. candere to shine.]
Defn: Glowing; luminous; incandescent.
CANDICANT Can"di*cant, a. Etym: [L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare to be whitish.]
Defn: Growing white. [Obs.]
CANDID Can*did, a. Etym: [F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. candëre to be of a glowing white; akin to accend, incend, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shane. Cf. Candle, Incense.]
1. White. [Obs.] The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden.
2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. "Candid and dispassionate men." W. Irving.
3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
Syn. — Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. — Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration.
CANDIDACYCan"di*da*cy, n.
Defn: The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.
CANDIDATE Can"di*date, n. Etym: [L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat.]
Defn: One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.
CANDIDATESHIPCan"di*date*ship, n.
Defn: Candidacy.
CANDIDATINGCan"di*da`ting, n.
Defn: The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [Cant, U. S.]
CANDIDATURECan"di*da*ture, n.
Defn: Candidacy.
CANDIDLYCan"did*ly, adv.
Defn: In a candid manner.
CANDIDNESSCan"did*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being candid.
CANDIEDCan"died, a. Etym: [From 1st Candy.]
1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.
2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup. (b) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins. (c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering. Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. Shak.
3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy. Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast Shak.
CANDIFY Can"di*fy, v. t. or v. i. Etym: [L. candificare; candëre to be white + -facere to make.]
Defn: To make or become white, or candied. [R.]
CANDIOTCan"di*ot, a. Etym: [Cf. F. candiote.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary.
CANDITECan"dite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, inCeylon.
CANDLECan"dle, n. Etym: [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a(white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. candëre to be white. SeeCandid, and cf. Chandler, Cannel, Kindle.]
1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak.
Note: Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the wicks in the melted tallow, etc. ("dipped candles"), or by casting or running in a mold.
2. That which gives light; a luminary. By these blessed candles of the night. Shak. Candle nut, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; — socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses. — Candle power (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. Electric candle, A modification of the electric arc lamp, in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable for the formation of the arc at the tip; - - called also, from the name of the inventor, Jablockoff candle. — Excommunication by inch of candle, a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns. — Not worth the candle, not worth the cost or trouble. — Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease. — Sale by inch of candle, an auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out. — Standard candle (Photom.), a special form of candle employed as a standard in photometric measurements; usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour. — To curse by bell, book and candle. See under Bell.
CANDLEBERRY TREECan"dle*ber`ry tree. (Bot.)
Defn: A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; — also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.
CANDLEBOMBCan"dle*bomb`, n.
1. A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
2. A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes. Farrow.
CANDLE COALCan"dle coal`.
Defn: See Cannel coal.
CANDLEFISH Can"dle*fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; — called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it. (b) The beshow.
CANDLE FOOTCandle foot. (Photom.)
Defn: The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot; —used as a unit of illumination.
CANDLEHOLDERCan"dle*hold`er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.
CANDLELIGHTCan"dle*light`, n.
Defn: The light of a candle.Never went by candlelight to bed. Dryden.
CANDLEMASCan"dle*mas, n. Etym: [AS. candelmæsse, candel candle _ mæsse mass.]
Defn: The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; — so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.
CANDLE METERCandle meter. (Photom.)
Defn: The illumination given by a standard candle at a distance of one meter; — used as a unit of illumination, except in Great Britain.
CANDLENUTCan"dle*nut`, n.
1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub (Aleurites moluccana), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle. The oil from the nut ( candlenut, or kekune, oil) has many uses.
2. The tree itself.
CANDLEPIN Can`dle*pin`, n. (Tenpins) (a) A form of pin slender and nearly straight like a candle. (b) The game played with such pins; — in form candlepins, used as a singular.
CANDLE POWERCandle power. (Photom.)
Defn: Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
CANDLESTICK Can"dle*stick`, n. Etym: [AS. candel-sticca; candel candle + sticca stick.]
Defn: An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.
CANDLEWASTERCan"dle*wast`er, n.
Defn: One who consumes candles by being up late for study ordissipation.A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson.
CANDOCK Can"dock n. Etym: [Prob. fr. can + dock (the plant). Cf. G. kannenkraut horsetail, lit. "canweed."] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of ofEquisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).
CANDOR Can"dor, n. [Written also candour.] Etym: [L. candor, fr. candëre; cf. F. candeur. See candid.]
1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.] Nor yor unquestioned integrity Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. Massinger.
2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.
CANDROYCan"droy, n.
Defn: A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.
CANDYCan"dy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied; p. pr & vb. n. Candying.] Etym:[F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. azúcar cande or candi), fr. Ar. &Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Khan\'c8da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr.khan\'c8, khad to break.]
1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.
2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. Those frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. Drayson.
CANDYCan"dy, v. i.
1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
CANDYCan"dy n. Etym: [F. candi. See Candy, v. t.]
Defn: A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.
CANDYCandy, n. Etym: [Mahratta khan\'c8i, Tamil kan\'c8i.]
Defn: A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
CANDYTUFTCan"dy*tuft`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.
CANECane, n. Etym: [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr.Gr. qaneh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st Cannon.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Dæmanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. (b) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane. (c) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. Like light canes, that first rise big and brave. B. Jonson.
Note: In the Southern United States great cane is the Arundinaria macrosperma, and small cane is. A. tecta.
2. A walking stick; a staff; — so called because originally made of one the species of cane. Stir the fire with your master's cane. Swift.
3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.] Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign The flying skirmish of the darted cane. Dryden.
4. A local European measure of length. See Canna. Cane borer (Zoö.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc. — Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. — Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.
CANECane, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caned; p. pr. & vb. n. Caning.]
1. To beat with a cane. Macaulay.
2. To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.
CANEBRAKECane"brake, n.
Defn: A thicket of canes. Ellicott.
CANEDCaned, a. Etym: [Cf. L. canus white.]
Defn: Filled with white flakes; mothery; — said vinegar when containing mother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
CANELLA Ca*nel"la, n. Etym: [LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See Cane.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of trees of the order Canellaceæ, growing in the WestIndies.
Note: The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark.
CANESCENT Ca*nes"cent, a. Etym: [L. canescens, p. pr. of canescere, v. inchoative of canere to be white.]
Defn: Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.
CANGUE Cangue (kang), n. [Written also cang.] [F. cangue, fr. Pg. canga yoke.]
Defn: A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders inChina are compelled to wear as a punishment.
CAN HOOKCan" hook`.
Defn: A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.
CANICULA; CANNICULA Ca*nic"u*la, Can*nic"u*la, n. Etym: [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a dim of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.)
Defn: The Dog Star; Sirius.
CANICULARCa*nic"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days.— Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacalrising of the Dog Star to another.
CANICULECan"i*cule, n.
Defn: Canicula. Addison.
CANINALCa*ni"nal, a.
Defn: See Canine, a.
CANINECa*nine", a. Etym: [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. SeeHound.]
1. Of or pertaining to the family Canidæ, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors. Canine appetite, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia. — Canine letter, the letter r. See R. — Canine madness, hydrophobia. — Canine toth, a toth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developen in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw.
CANINECa*nine", n. (Anat.)
Defn: A canine tooth.
CANISCa"nis, n.; pl. Canes 3. Etym: [L., a dog.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidæ, including the dogs and wolves. Canis major Etym: [L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. — Canis minor Etym: [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude.
CANISTER Can"is*ter, n. Etym: [L. canistrum a basket woven from reeds Gr. canistre. See Cane, and Canaster.]
1. A small basket of rushes, or wilow twigs, etc.
2. A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.
3. (Mil.)
Defn: A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; — called also canister shot,
CANKERCan"ker, n. Etym: [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker,OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr.cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See cancer, and cf. Chancre.]
1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; — called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.
2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. The cankers of envy and faction. Temple.
3. (Hort.)
Defn: A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
4. (Far.)
Defn: An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; — usually resulting from neglected thrush.
5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. Shak. Black canker. See under Black.
CANKERCan"ker, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cankered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cankering.]
1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consune. No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson.
2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. Addison. A tithe purloined canker the whole estate. Herbert.
CANKERCan"ker, v. i.
1. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. [Obs.] Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding. Bacom.
2. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous. Deceit and cankered malice. Dryden. As with age his body uglier grows, So his mind cankers. Shak.
CANKER-BITCan"ker-bit`, a.
Defn: Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. [Obs.]
CANKER BLOOMCan"ker bloom`.
Defn: The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
CANKER BLOSSOMCan"ker blos`som.
Defn: That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.]O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! You thief of Love! Shak.
CANKEREDCan"kered, a.
1. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
2. Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. "A cankered grandam's will." Shak.
CANKEREDLYCan"kered*ly, adv.
Defn: Fretfully; spitefully.
CANKER FLYCan"ker fly`.
Defn: A fly that preys on fruit.
CANKEROUSCan"ker*ous, a.
Defn: Affecting like a canker. "Canrerous shackles." Thomson.Misdeem it not a cankerous change. Wordsworth.
CANKER RASHCan"ker rash". (Med.)
Defn: A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
CANKERWORMCan"ker*worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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 larvæ are also called cankerworms.
Note: The autumnal species (Anisopteryx pometaria) becomes adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The spring species (A. vernata) remains in the ground through the winter, and matures in early spring. Both have winged males and wingless females. The larvæ are similar in appearance and habits, and beling to the family of measuring worms or spanworms. These larvæ hatch from the eggs when the leaves being to expand in spring.
CANKERYCan"ker*y, a.
1. Like a canker; full of canker.
2. Surly; sore; malignant.
CANNACan"na, n. Etym: [It.]
Defn: A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet.See Cane, 4.
CANNACan"na, n. Etym: [L., a reed. See Cane.] (Bot.)
Defn: 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.
CANNABENECan"na*bene, n. Etym: [From Cannabis.] (Chem.)
Defn: A colorless oil obtained from hemp dy distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.
CANNABINCan"na*bin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A pisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, varietyIndica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.
CANNABINECan"na*bine, a. Etym: [L. cannabinus.]
Defn: Pertaining to hemp; hempen. [R.]
CANNABISCan"na*bis, n. Etym: [L., hemp. See Canvas.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceæ; hemp. Cannabis Indica (, the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, now considered a variety of the common hemp.
CANNEL COALCan"nel coal`. Etym: [Corrupt. fr. ndle coal.]
Defn: 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.
CANNELECan`ne*lé", n. [F., pop., fluted.] (Textiles)
Defn: A style of interweaving giving to fabrics a channeled or fluted effect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep.
CANNELURECan"ne*lure (kan"ne*lur), n. [F., fr. canneler to groove.] (Mil.)
Defn: A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. —Can"ne*lured (#), a.
CANNERYCan"ner*y, n.
Defn: A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [U. S.]
CANNIBAL Can"ni*bal, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Hayti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root "propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis." The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.]
Defn: A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. Darwin.
CANNIBALCan"ni*bal, a.
Defn: Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. "Cannibal terror." Burke.
CANNIBALISMCan"ni*bal*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cannibalisme.]
Defn: The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence;Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke.
CANNIBALLYCan"ni*bal*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of cannibal. "An he had been cannibally given."Shak.
CANNIKINCan"ni*kin, n. Etym: [Can + -kin.]
Defn: A small can or drinking vessel.
CANNILYCan"ni*ly, adv.
Defn: In a canny manner. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]
CANNINESSCan"ni*ness, n.
Defn: Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]
CANNONCan"non, n.; pl.Cannons, collectively Cannon. Etym: [F. cannon, fr.L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane.]
1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
Note: Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass, bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with respect to the special service for which they are intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval, field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast, solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are sometimes called cannon. See Gun.
2. (Mech.)
Defn: A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
3. (Printing.)
Defn: A kind of type. See Canon. Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells. — Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.] — Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size. — Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer. — Cannon metal. See Gun Metal. — Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting. — Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls. — Cannon shot. (a) A cannon ball. (b) The range of a cannon.
CANNONCan"non, n. & v. (Billiards)
Defn: See Carom. [Eng.]
CANNONADECan"non*ade", n. Etym: [F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.]
1. 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. A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott.
2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson.
CANNONADECan`non*ade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n.Cannonading.]
Defn: To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
CANNONADECan`non*ade", v. i.
Defn: To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
CANNON BONECan"non bone. (Anat.)
Defn: See Canon Bone.
CANNONEDCan"noned (, a.
Defn: Furnished with cannon. [Poetic] "Gilbralter's cannoned steep."M. Arnold.
CANNONEER; CANNONIERCan`non*eer", Can`non*ier", n. Etym: [F. canonnier.]
Defn: A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
CANNONERINGCan`non*er"ing, n.
Defn: The use of cannon. Burke.
CANNONRYCan"non*ry, n.
Defn: Cannon, collectively; artillery. The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country. W. Irving.
CANNOTCan"not. Etym: [Can to be able _ -not.]
Defn: Am, is, or are, not able; — written either as one word or two.
CANNULA Can"nu*la, n. Etym: [L. cannula a small tube of dim. of canna a reed, tube.] (Surg.)
Defn: 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. [Written also canula.]
CANNULARCan"nu*lar, a.
Defn: Having the form of a tube; tubular. [Written also canular.]
CANNULATEDCan"nu*la`ted, a.
Defn: Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [Written also canulated.]
CANNY; CANNEI Can"ny, Can"nei, a. Etym: [Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. Kenn.] [North of Eng. & Scot.]
1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.
2. Skillful; knowing; capable. Sir W. Scott.
3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. Ramsay.
4. Having pleasing of useful qualities; gentle. Burns.
5. Reputed to have magical powers. Sir W. Scott. No canny, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.]