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.

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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.

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Cane

1. n. A local European measure of length. See Canna.
2. n. A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans.
3. n. Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane.
4. n. Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry.
5. n. A walking stick; a staff; — so called because originally made of one the species of cane.
6. n. A lance or dart made of cane.

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Cankered

1. imp. & p. p. of Canker
2. a. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.

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Caned

1. imp. & p. p. of Cane

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Cankering

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Canker

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Caning

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Cane

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Canker-bit

1. a. Eaten out by canker, or as by canker.

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Canebrake

1. n. A thicket of canes.

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Canker bloom

1. The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.

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