Helen Fenton

Canteen: Definition and part of speech

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Canteen

  1. n. The sutler’s shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.
  2. n. A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Canter: Definition and part of speech

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Canter

  1. n. A rapid or easy passing over.
  2. n. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
  3. v. t. To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
  4. n. One who cants or whines; a beggar.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Canterbury: Definition and part of speech

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Canterbury

  1. n. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.
  2. n. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cantharidal: Definition and part of speech

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Cantharidal

  1. a. Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cantharidin: Definition and part of speech

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Cantharidin

  1. n. The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.