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Camp (kămp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Camped (kămt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Camping.] To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
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Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak.
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Camp, v. i. 1. To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.
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They camped out at night, under the stars. W. Irving.
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2. [See , n., 6] To play the game called camp. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
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Campagna (cȧmpänyȧ), n. [It. See .] An open level tract of country; especially “Campagna di Roma.” The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.
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☞ 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.
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Campagnol (?), n. [F. , fr. campagne field.] (Zoöl.) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
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Campaign (?), n. [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See , and cf. , .] 1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. See . Grath.
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2. (Mil.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. Wilhelm.
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3. Political operations preceding an election, by candidates, their assistants, and supporters, for the purpose of convincing voters to vote for the candidate. It usually consists of one or more methods of contacting voters including advertising, distribution or mailing of printed leaflets or letters; speeches, interviews with news media, and door-to-door visits with potential voters.
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4. Hence: Any coordinated effort to contact potential supporters or customers and solicit their support or patronage; as, an advertising campaign.
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5. (Metal.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
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Campaign (?), v. i. To serve in a campaign.
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Campaigner (?), n. 1. One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
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2. one who is campaigning, especially a politician running for elective office, or one of his/her supporters.
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campaigning n. The campaign of a candidate to be elected.
Syn. -- candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign.
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Campana (?), n. [LL. campana bell. Cf. .] 1. (Eccl.) A church bell.
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2. (Bot.) The pasque flower. Drayton.
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3. (Doric Arch.) Same as .
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Campaned (?), a. (Her.) Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells.
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Campanero (?), n. [Sp., a bellman.] (Zoöl.) The bellbird of South America. See .
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Campanes (?), n. pl. [See Campana.] (Her.) Bells. [R.]
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Campania (?), n. [See .] Open country. Sir W. Temple.
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Campaniform (?), a. [LL. campana bell + -form: cf. F. companiforme.] Bell-shaped.
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Campanile (?), n. [It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. & LL. campana bell.] (Arch.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.
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Many of the campaniles of Italy are lofty and magnificent structures. Swift.
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Campaniliform (?), a. [See .] Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.
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Campanologist (?), n. One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.
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Campanology (?), n. [LL. campana bell + -logy.] The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.
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Campanula (kămpăn�lȧ), prop. n. [LL. campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell.] (Bot.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.
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Campanulaceae prop. n. A natural family of flowering plants, which in some classifications includes the Lobeliaciae.
Syn. -- family Campanulaceae, bellflower family.
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Campanulaceous (kămpăn�lāshŭs), a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Campanulaceæ) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.
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Campanulales n. an order of plants which includes the Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Stylidiaceae; Calyceraceae; and Compositae.
Syn. -- order Campanulales.
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campanular (kămpăn�lẽr), adj. shaped like a bell or campana; campaniform.
Syn. -- campanulate, campanulated, campaniform, campaniliform.
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Campanularian (?), n. [L. campanula a bell.] (Zoöl.) A hydroid of the family Campanularidæ, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecæ.
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Campanulate (?), a. (Bot.) Bell-shaped.
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Campbellite (?), n. [From Alexander Campbell, of Virginia.] (Eccl.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See , 3.
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Campeachy Wood (?). [From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico.] Logwood.
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Camper (?), n. 1. One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp, especially who sleeps in a wilderness for recreation.
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2. A person who stays at a summer camp or day camp.
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3. A vehicle, such as a small truck, or a pickup truck with a hood over the back, equipped for convenience while camping out.
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Coloq. happy camper a person who is pleased with the situation in which s/he finds him/herself. Often used ironically or in understatement, especially in the negative; as, the passengers left behind on the island were not a bunch of happy campers.
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{ Campestral (?), Campestrian (?), } a. [L. campester, fr. campus field.] Relating to an open field; growing in a field, or open ground.
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Campfight (?), n. [Cf. , n., 6.] (O. Eng. Law.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.
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Camphene (kămfēn or kămfēn), n. (Chem.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.
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Camphine (kămfēn or kămfĭn), n. [From .] Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes.
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☞ 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.
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Camphire (kămfīr), n. An old spelling of .
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Camphogen (?), n. [Camphor + -gen: -- formerly so called as derived from camphor: cf. F. camphogène.] (Chem.) See .
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Camphol (?), n. [Camphor + -ol.] (Chem.) See .
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Camphor (kămfẽr), n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. canfora, Sp. camfora, alcanfor, LL. canfora, camphora, NGr. kafoyra), fr. Ar. kāfūr, prob. fr. Skr. karpūra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphora of Linnæus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.
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2. originally, a gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops aromatica formerly Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; now applied to its main constituent, a terpene alcohol obtainable as a white solid C10H18O, called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, Malayan camphor, camphor of Borneo, Sumatra camphor, bornyl alcohol, camphol, and borneol. The isomer from Dryobalanops is dextrorotatory; the levoratatory form is obtainable from other species of plants, and the racemic mixture may be obtained by reduction of camphor. It is used in perfumery, and for manufacture of its esters. See .
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☞ 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.
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Coloq. Camphor oil (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. -- Coloq. 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.
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Camphor (?), v. t. To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate. [R.] Tatler.
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Camphoraceous (?), a. Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor. Dunglison.
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Camphorate (?), v. t. To impregnate or treat with camphor.
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Camphorate (?), n. [Cf. F. camphorate.] (Chem.) A salt of camphoric acid.
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{ Camphorate (?), Camporated (?), } Combined or impregnated with camphor.
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Coloq. Camphorated oil , an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation.
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Camphoric (?), a. [Cf. F. camphorique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor.
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Coloq. Camphoric acid , a white crystallizable substance, C10H16O4, obtained from the oxidation of camphor.
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☞ Other acids of camphor are campholic acid, C10H18O2, and camphoronic acid, C9H12O5, white crystallizable substances.
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Camphretic (?), a. [rom .] Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [R.]
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Camping (?), n. 1. Lodging in a camp.
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2. [See , n., 6] A game of football. [Prov. Eng.]
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Campion (?), n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous.
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Coloq. Bladder campion , a plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx. See . -- Coloq. Rose campion , a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimson flowers.
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campmate n. someone who lives in the same camp as another.
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campong n. a native village in Malaysia.
Syn. -- Kampong.
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Camponotus n. a genus comprising the carpenter ants.
Syn. -- genus Camponotus.
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campstool n. a folding stool.
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Camptosorus n. a classification used in some esp. former systems for plants usually placed in the genus Asplenium.
Syn. -- genus Camptosorus.
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Campus (?), n. [L., a field.] 1. The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.
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2. a college or university.
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3. a division of a university with its own buildings and a separate faculty, especially one separated geographically from other divisiona, but sharing top administration with other units of the university; as, the Newark campus of Rutgers.
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4. higher education considered as a whole; as, the financial effects of research cutbacks on the campus.
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5. a business site with pleasant landscaping; as, the Squibb research campus at Princeton.
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Campyloneurum n. a genus of epiphytic ferns of tropical America.
Syn. -- genus Campyloneurum.
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Campylorhynchus n. an alternative genus classification for the cactus wrens.
Syn. -- genus Campylorhynchus, Heleodytes, genus Heleodytes.
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Campylospermous (?), a. [Gr. � curved + � seed.] (Bot.) Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.
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Campylotropous (?), a. [Gr. � curved + � a turning.] (Bot.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.
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camshaft n. a shaft that has cams attached to it, forming part of a mechanical device.
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Camus (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Camwood (?), n. See .
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Can (kăn), an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of , sometimes used in old poetry. [See .]
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With gentle words he can faile gree. Spenser.
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Can, n. [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. ]
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Fill the cup and fill can,
Have a rouse before the morn. Tennyson.
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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.
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☞ 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.
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Can (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Canning.] To preserve by putting in sealed cans [U. S.] “Canned meats” W. D. Howells.
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Coloq. Canned goods , a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.

Can (?), v. t. & i. [The transitive use is obsolete.] [imp. Could (#).] [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. cūðe (for cunðe); p. p. cūð (for cunð); 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 , ; cf. , , .] 1. To know; to understand. [Obs.]
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I can rimes of Rodin Hood. Piers Plowman.
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I can no Latin, quod she. Piers Plowman.
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Let the priest in surplice white,
That defunctive music can. Shak.
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2. To be able to do; to have power or influence. [Obs.]
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The will of Him who all things can. Milton.
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For what, alas, can these my single arms? Shak.
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Mæcænas and Agrippa, who can most with Cæsar. Beau. & Fl.
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3. To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.

Syn. -- , . 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.
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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.
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Tom felt that this was a rebuff for him, and could not but understand it as a left-handed hit at his employer. Dickens.
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Canaan n. an ancient country is southwest Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.
Syn. -- Palestine, Holy Land.
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Canaanite (?), n. 1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.
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2. A Native or inhabitant 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.
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Canaanite, n. [From an Aramaic word signifying “zeal.”] A zealot. “Simon the Canaanite.” Matt. x. 4.
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☞ This was the “Simon called Zelotes” (Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot. Kitto.
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Canaanitish (?), a. Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.
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Cañada (?), n. [Sp.] A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]
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Canachites n. a genus of birds including the spruce grouse Canachites canadensis.
Syn. -- genus Canachites.
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Canada (?), n. A country in North America, bordering the United States on the north. It is a federation which includes English-speaking provinces and the French-speaking Province of Quebec.
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Coloq. Canada balsam . See under . -- Coloq. Canada goose . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Canada jay . See . -- Coloq. Canada lynx . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Canada lily . (Bot.) a plant of eastern North America (Lilium canadense) having yellow or orange flowers with dark spots; called also meadow lily. RHUD -- Coloq. Canada porcupine (Zoöl.) See , and . -- Coloq. Canada rice (Bot.) See under . -- Coloq. Canada robin (Zoöl.), the cedar bird.
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Canadian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Canada. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Canada.
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Coloq. 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 . -- Coloq. Canadian goose , an erroneous variant of .
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canafistola, canafistula n. a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree (Cassia fistula) having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia, Central and South America, and Australia.
Syn. -- golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola.
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Canaille (?), n. [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.
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2. Shorts or inferior flour. [Canadian]
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Canakin (?), n. [Dim. of can.] A little can or cup. “And let me the canakin clink.” Shak.
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Canal (?), n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying “to cut”; cf. D. kanaal, fr. the French. Cf. , gutter.]
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1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
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2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.
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3. A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska]
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Canal lock . See .
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Canal coal (?). See .
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{ Canaliculate (?), Canaliculated (?), } a. [L. canaliculatus channeled, fr. canaliculus, dim. of canalis. See .] Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.
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Canaliculus (?), n.; pl. Canaliculi (#). [L.] (Anat.) A minute canal.
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Canalization (?), n. Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals. [R.]
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canalize v. 1. to provide with a canal, as of a city.
Syn. -- canal.
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2. to to direct the flow of; -- also used abstractly, as of money or information.
Syn. -- channel.
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Canapé (?), n. [F., orig. a couch with mosquito curtains. See .] 1. A sofa or divan.
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2. (Cookery) an appetizer consisting of a thin slice or piece of bread toasted or fried in butter or oil, on which anchovies, mushrooms, caviar, cheese, or other savory foods, are served.
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Canapé confident (?). A sofa having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.
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Canard (?), n. [F., properly, a duck.] An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.
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Canarese (?), a. Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India.
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Canary (?), a. [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.
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2. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone.
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Coloq. Canary grass , a grass of the genus Phalaris (Phalaris Canariensis), producing the seed used as food for canary birds. -- Coloq. Canary stone (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. -- Coloq. Canary wood , the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and Persea Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. -- Coloq. Canary vine . See Canary bird flower, under .
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Canary, n.; pl. Canaries (#). 1. Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack. “A cup of canary.” Shak.
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2. A canary bird.
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3. A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.
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4. A quick and lively dance. [Obs.]
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Make you dance canary
With sprightly fire and motion. Shak.
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Canary (?), v. i. To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper. [Obs.]
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But to jig of a tune at the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet. Shak.
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Canary bird (?). (Zoöl.) 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.
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