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Candy (kănd�), v. i. 1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
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2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
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Candy n. [F. candi. See , v. t.] 1. Any sweet, more or less solid article of confectionery, especially those prepared in small bite-sized pieces or small bars, having a wide variety of shapes, consistencies, and flavors, and manufactured in a variety of ways. It is often flavored or colored, or covered with chocolate, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.; it is often made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. Other types may consist primarily of chocolate or a sweetened gelatin. The term may be applied to a single piece of such confection or to the substance of which it is composed.
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2. Cocaine. [slang]
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Candy, n. [Mahratta khaṇḍī, Tamil kaṇḍi.] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.
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candyfloss n. a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature; -- called commonly cotton candy.
Syn. -- spun sugar.
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candymaker n. someone who makes candies and other sweets.
Syn. -- confectioner.
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Candytuft (kănd�tŭft), n. (Bot.) An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the Iberis umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia (The Italian name for Crete). It is grown as an ornamental plant, having tufted red,violet, purple, or pink flowers.
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candyweed (kănd�wēd), n. bog plant (Polygala lutea) of pine barrens of southeastern U.S. having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers.
Syn. -- orange milkwort, yellow milkwort, yellow bachelor's button.
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Cane (kān), n. [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr. kanna, kannh; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qāneh reed. Cf. , , 1st .]
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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.
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Like light canes, that first rise big and brave. B. Jonson.
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☞ In the Southern United States great cane is the Arundinaria macrosperma, and small cane is. Arundinaria tecta.
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2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one of the species of cane.
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Stir the fire with your master's cane. Swift.
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3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.]
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Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign
The flying skirmish of the darted cane. Dryden.
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4. A local European measure of length. See .
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Cane mill , a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. -- Coloq. Cane trash , the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.
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Cane (kān), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caned (kānd); p. pr. & vb. n. Caning.] 1. To beat with a cane. Macaulay.
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2. To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.
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Canebrake (kānbrāk), n. A thicket of canes. Ellicott.
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canecutter, cane cutter (kānkŭtẽr), n. a type of rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) inhabiting southeastern U.S. swamps and lowlands; -- called also swamp rabbit.
Syn. -- swamp rabbit, swamp hare.
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Caned (kānd), a. [Cf. L. canus white.] Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Canella (kȧnĕllȧ), n. [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 .] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceæ, growing in the West Indies.
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☞ The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark.
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Canella-alba n. A large evergreen shrub or small tree (Canella alba or Canella winterana) having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes. Its bark is called wild cinnamon.
Syn. -- wild cinnamon, white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana.
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Canellaceae n. 1. a natural family having one genus: aromatic tropical trees of East Africa and Florida to West Indies. In the family was classed as an order: see .
Syn. -- family Canellaceae, canella family.
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Canescent (?), a. [L. canescens, p. pr. of canescere, v. inchoative of canere to be white.] Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.
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Cangue (kăng), n. [Written also cang.] [F. cangue, fr. Pg. canga yoke.] A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders in China are compelled to wear as a punishment.
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Can hook (?). A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.
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Canicula (?), n. [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.) The Dog Star; Sirius.
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Canicular (?), a. [L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.] Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
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Coloq. Canicular days , the dog days, See . -- Coloq. Canicular year , the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.
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Canicule (?), n. Canicula. Addison.
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canid (kănĭd; kānĭd), n. any doglike animal of the family .
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Canidae n. a natural family of doglike mammals including the domestic dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, hyenas, and coyotes.
Syn. -- family Canidae.
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Caninal (?), a. See , a.
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Canine (?), a. [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See .] 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.
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.
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Coloq. Canine appetite , a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia. -- Coloq. Canine letter , the letter r. See . -- Coloq. Canine madness , hydrophobia. -- Coloq. Canine tooth , a tooth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developed 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.
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Canine, n. (Anat.) A canine tooth.
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caning n. something made of interlaced slender branches of especially willow.
Syn. -- wicker, wickerwork.
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Canis (kănĭs), n.; pl. Canes (-nēz). [L., a dog.] (Zoöl.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidæ, including the dogs and wolves.
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Coloq. Canis major [L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. -- Coloq. Canis minor [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude.
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canistel n. 1. a tropical tree of Florida and West Indies (Pouteria campechiana nervosa) yielding edible fruit.
Syn. -- canistel tree.
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2. an ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies.
Syn. -- eggfruit.
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Canister (kănĭstẽr), n. [L. canistrum a basket woven from reeds Gr. �, fr. kanh, kanna reed; cf. F. canistre. See , and .] 1. A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.
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2. A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.
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3. (Mil.) 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.
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Canker (kăṉkẽr), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. � excrescence on tree, � gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See , and cf. .]
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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.
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2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
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The cankers of envy and faction. Temple.
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3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
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4. (Far.) 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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5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
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To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose.
And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. Shak.
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Coloq. Black canker . See under .
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Canker (kăṉkẽr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cankered (-kẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cankering.] 1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
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No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson.
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2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. Addison.
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A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate. Herbert.
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Canker, v. i. 1. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. [Obs.]
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Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding. Bacom.
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2. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
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Deceit and cankered malice. Dryden.
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As with age his body uglier grows,
So his mind cankers. Shak.
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Canker-bit (?), a. Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. [Obs.]
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Canker bloom (?). The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
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Canker blossom (?). That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.]
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O me! you juggler! you canker blossom!
You thief of Love! Shak.
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Cankered (?), a. 1. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
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2. Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. “A cankered grandam's will.” Shak.
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Cankeredly, adv. Fretfully; spitefully.
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Canker fly (?). A fly that preys on fruit.
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Cankerous (?), a. Affecting like a canker. “Canrerous shackles.” Thomson.
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Misdeem it not a cankerous change. Wordsworth.
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Canker rash (?). (Med.) A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
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Cankerworm (?), n. (Zoöl.) 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.
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☞ The autumnal species (Anisopteryx pometaria) becomes adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The spring species (Anisopteryx 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 belong to the family of measuring worms or spanworms. These larvæ hatch from the eggs when the leaves begin to expand in spring.
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Cankery (?), a. 1. Like a canker; full of canker.
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2. Surly; sore; malignant.
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Canna (?), n. [It.] A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See , 4.
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Canna (?), n. [L., a reed. See .] (Bot.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (Canna Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States.
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Cannabene (?), n. [From .] (Chem.) A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.
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Cannabidaceae n. 1. a grouping of plants containing two genera of erect or twining wind-pollinated herbs, the genera Cannabis and Humulus; this term is not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae.
Syn. -- family Cannabidaceae, hemp family.
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Cannabin (?), n. (Chem.) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The euphoric and narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin; the active ingredient is tetrahydrocannabinol, THC. See Cannabis Indica, below.
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Cannabine (?), a. [L. cannabinus.] Pertaining to hemp; hempen. [R.]
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Cannabis (?), prop. n. [L., hemp. See .] 1. (Bot.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceæ; hemp.
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2. The Indian hemp plant plant Cannabis sativa syn. Cannabis Indica. See Cannabis Indica, below.
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Coloq. Cannabis Indica (�), the Indian hemp, now considered a variety of the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), originating in Asia but now grown widely around the world. It can be formed into a tough fiber that is used to make rope and tough fabric. The dried leaves and female flowers are smoked or chewed by people to produce a euphoric or hallucinogenic effect, caused mainly by the substance tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contained in it. The THC-containing products of Cannabis are classified as a controlled substance, and posession and sale are illegal in most states of the United States. Once classified as a narcotic, the plant is now more commonly referred to in the category of euphoric or hallucinogenic agents.
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Cannaceae prop. n. A natural family of plants coextensive with the genus Canna.
Syn. -- family Cannaceae.
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Cannae n. the name of a battle in which Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 b. c. Called also battle of Cannae.
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canned adj. 1. Recorded; in contrast with live; -- used of sound or video broadcasts.
Syn. -- filmed, taped, tape-recorded.
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2. Sealed in a can or jar.
Syn. -- tinned.
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Cannel coal (?). [Corrupt. fr. candle coal.] 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.
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Cannelé (?), n. [F., pop., fluted.] (Textiles) A style of interweaving giving to fabrics a channeled or fluted effect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep.
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cannelloni n. a tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese.
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Cannelure (kănn�l�r), n. [F., fr. canneler to groove.] (Mil.) 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. -- Cannelured (#), a.
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Cannery (?), n. A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [U. S.]
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Cannibal (?), n. [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Haiti 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.] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. Darwin.
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Cannibal (?), a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. “Cannibal terror.” Burke.
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cannibalic adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.
Syn. -- beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish.
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cannibalise, cannibalize v. i. to eat human flesh.
Syn. -- practice cannibalism.
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cannibalise, cannibalize v. t. to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else.
Syn. -- use parts of.
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Cannibalism (?), n. [Cf. F. cannibalisme.] The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke.
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cannibalize v. i. & t. same as .
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Cannibally, adv. In the manner of cannibal. “An he had been cannibally given.” Shak.
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Cannikin (?), n. [Can + -kin.] A small can or drinking vessel.
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Cannily, adv. In a canny manner. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]
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Canniness, n. Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]
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Cannon (?), n.; pl. Cannons (#), collectively Cannon. [F. cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See .] 1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
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☞ 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 .
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2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
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3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See .
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Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Cannon bullet , a cannon ball. [Obs.] -- Coloq. Cannon cracker , a fire cracker of large size. -- Coloq. Cannon lock , a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer. -- Coloq. Cannon metal . See . -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Cannon proof , impenetrable by cannon balls. -- Coloq. Cannon shot . (a) A cannon ball. (b) The range of a cannon.
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Cannon, v. i. 1. To discharge cannon.
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2. To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound.

He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it -- crack, splinter, and fall like a mast. Kipling.
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Cannon, n. & v. (Billiards) See . [Eng.]
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Cannonade (?), n. [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.
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A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott.
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2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
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Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson.
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Cannonade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n. Cannonading.] To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
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Cannonade, v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
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Cannon bone (?). (Anat.) See Canon Bone.
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Cannoned (�), a. Furnished with cannon. [Poetic] “Gilbralter's cannoned steep.” M. Arnold.
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{ Cannoneer, Cannonier } (?), n. [F. canonnier.] A man who manages, or fires, cannon.
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Cannonering, n. The use of cannon. Burke.
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Cannonry (?), n. Cannon, collectively; artillery.
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The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country. W. Irving.
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Cannot (?). [Can to be able + -not.] Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.
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Cannula (?), n. [L. cannula a small tube of dim. of canna a reed, tube.] (Surg.) 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.]
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Cannular (?), a. Having the form of a tube; tubular. [Written also canular.]
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Cannulated (?), a. Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [Written also canulated.]
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{ Canny, Cannei } (?), a. [Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. .] [North of Eng. & Scot.] 1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.
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2. Skillful; knowing; capable. Sir W. Scott.
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3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. Ramsay.
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4. Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle. Burns.
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5. Reputed to have magical powers. Sir W. Scott.
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Coloq. No canny , not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.]
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Canoe (?), n.; pl. Canoes (#). [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canáoa.] 1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.
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Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. Raleigh.
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2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
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A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. Longfellow.
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3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
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