Part 1583

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

<hw>Ca*naille"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>canaille</ets> (cf. It. <ets>canaglia</ets>), prop. and orig. a pack of dogs, fr. L. <ets>Canis</ets> dog.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Shorts or inferior flour.</def> <mark>[Canadian]</mark>

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

<hw>Can"a*kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>can</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little can or cup.</def> "And let me the <i>canakin</i> clink."

<i>Shak.</i>

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

<hw>Ca*nal"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>canal</ets>, from L. <ets>canalis</ets> canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying "to cut"; cf. D. <ets>kanaal</ets>, fr. the French. Cf. <er>Channel</er>, <er>Kennel</er> gutter.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A tube or duct; <as>as, the alimentary <ex>canal</ex>; the semicircular <ex>canals</ex> of the ear.</as></def>

<cs><col>Canal boat</col>, <cd>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.</cd> <col>Canal lock</col>. <cd>See <er>Lock</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Canal coal</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw>Can"al coal`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Cannel coal</er>.</def>

<h1>Canaliculate, Canaliculated</h1> <Xpage=208\'3e>

<hw><hw>Can`a*lic"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Can`a*lic"u*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>canaliculatus</ets> channeled, fr. <ets>canaliculus</ets>, dim. of <ets>canalis</ets>. See <er>Canal</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.</def>

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

<hw>Can`a*lic"u*lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Canaliculi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A minute canal.</def>

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

<hw>Ca*nal`i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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

<hw>Ca*nard"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., properly, a duck.]</ety> <def>An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.</def>

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

<hw>Can`a*rese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India.</def>

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

<hw>Ca*na"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>Canarie</ets>, L. <ets>Canaria insula</ets> one of the Canary islands, said to be so called from its large dogs, fr. <ets>canis</ets> dog.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; <as>as, <ex>canary</ex> wine; <ex>canary birds.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of a pale yellowish color; <as>as, <ex>Canary</ex> stone</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Canary grass</col>, <cd>a grass of the genus <spn>Phalaris</spn> (<spn>P. Canariensis</spn>), producing the seed used as food for canary birds.</cd> -- <col>Canary stone</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird.</cd> -- <col>Canary wood</col>, <cd>the beautiful wood of the trees <spn>Persea Indica</spn> and <spn>P. Canariensis</spn>, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands.</cd> -- <col>Canary vine</col>. <cd>See <cref>Canary bird flower</cref>, under <er>Canary bird</er>.</cd></cs>