Helen Fenton

Canine: Definition and part of speech

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Canine

  1. n. A canine tooth.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the family Canidae, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.
  3. a. Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.

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.

Canister: Definition and part of speech

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Canister

  1. n. 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.
  2. n. A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.
  3. n. A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.

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.

Canker: Definition and part of speech

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Canker

  1. n. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
  4. n. A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
  5. n. 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.

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.