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<cs><col>Bladder campion</col>, <cd>a plant of the Pink family (<spn>Cucubalus Behen</spn> or <spn>Silene inflata</spn>), having a much inflated calyx. See <er>Behen</er>.</cd> -- <col>Rose campion</col>, <cd>a garden plant (<spn>Lychnis coronaria</spn>) with handsome crimsome crimson flowers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Campus</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam"pus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a field.]</ety> <def>The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; <as>as, the college <ex>campus</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Campylospermous</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam`py*lo*sper"mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ curved + <?/ seed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.</def>

<h1>Campylotropous</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam`py*lot"ro*pous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ curved + <?/ a turning.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.</def>

<h1>Camus</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam"us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Camis</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Camwood</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Cam"wood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Barwood</er>.</def>

<h1>Can</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def>an <i>obs</i>. form of <ets>began</ets>, imp. & p. p. of <er>Begin</er>, sometimes used in old poetry. <note>[See <er>Gan</er>.]</note></def>

<blockquote>With gentle words he <b>can</b> faile gree. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Can</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Can</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. & AS. <ets>canne</ets>; akin to D. <ets>Kan</ets>, G. <ets>Kanne</ets>, OHG. <ets>channa</ets>, Sw. <ets>Kanna</ets>, Dan. <ets>kande</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids.</def>

<i>[Shak. ]</i>

<blockquote>Fill the cup and fill <b>can</b>, Have a rouse before the morn. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; <as>as, a <ex>can</ex> of tomatoes; an oil <ex>can</ex>; a milk <ex>can</ex>.</as></def>

<note>&hand; A <i>can</i> 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.</note>

<h1>Can</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Canned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. &vb. n.</tt> <er>Canning</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To preserve by putting in sealed cans</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> "<i>Canned</i> meats"

<i>W. D. Howells.</i>

<cs><col>Canned goods</col>, <cd>a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.</cd></cs>

<h1>Can</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <note>[The transitive use is obsolete.]</note> <wordforms>[<tt>imp</tt>. <er>Could</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cunnen</ets>, <ets>cannen</ets> (1st sing. pres. <ets>I can</ets>), to know, know how, be able, AS. <ets>cunnan</ets>, 1st sing. pres. <ets>ic cann</ets> or <ets>can</ets>, pl. <ets>cunnon</ets>, 1st sing. imp. <ets>c\'d4\'ebe</ets> (for <ets>cun\'ebe</ets>); p. p. <ets>c\'d4\'eb</ets> (for <ets>cun\'eb</ets>); akin to OS. <ets>Kunnan</ets>, D. <ets>Kunnen</ets>, OHG. <ets>chunnan</ets>, G. <ets>k\'94nnen</ets>, Icel. <ets>kunna</ets>, Goth. <ets>Kunnan</ets>, and E. <ets>ken</ets> to know. The present tense <ets>I can</ets> (AS. <ets>ic cann</ets>) was originally a preterit, meaning <ets>I have known</ets> or <ets>Learned</ets>, and hence <ets>I know</ets>, <ets>know how</ets>. \'fb45. See <er>Ken</er>, <er>Know</er>; cf. <er>Con</er>, <er>Cunning</er>, <er>Uncouth</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To know; to understand.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I <b>can</b> rimes of Rodin Hood. <i>Piers Plowman.</i></blockquote>