Part 1584

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

<hw>Ca*na"ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Canaries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack.</def> "A cup of <i>canary</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A canary bird.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A quick and lively dance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Make you dance <b>canary</b> With sprightly fire and motion. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Ca*na"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>But to jig of a tune at the tongue's end, <b>canary</b> to it with your feet. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Ca*na"ry bird`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small singing bird of the Finch family (<spn>Serinus Canarius</spn>), 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 <altname>canary finch</altname>.</def><-- and <altname>canary.</altname> -->

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<cs><col>Canary bird flower</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a climbing plant (<spn>Trop\'91olum peregrinum</spn>) with canary-colored flowers of peculiar form; -- called also <altname>canary vine</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Canaster</h1> <Xpage=209>

<hw>Ca*nas"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>canasta</ets>, <ets>canastro</ets>, basket, fr. L. <ets>canistrum</ets>. See <er>Canister</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America.</def>

<i>McElrath.</i>

<h1>Can buoy</h1> <Xpage=209>

<hw>Can" buoy`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Buoy</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Cancan</h1> <Xpage=209>

<hw>Can"can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.</def>

<h1>Cancel</h1> <Xpage=209>

<hw>Can"cel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Canceled</er> &or; <er>Cancelled<er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Canceling</er> &or; <er>Cancelling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>cancellare</ets> to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. <ets>canceller</ets>, OF. <ets>canceler</ets>) fr. <ets>cancelli</ets> lattice, crossbars, dim. of <ets>cancer</ets> lattice; cf. Gr. <?/ latticed gate. Cf. <er>Chancel</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A little obscure place <b>canceled</b> in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Canceled</i> from heaven."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.</def>

<blockquote>A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be <b>cancelled</b>; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or <b>cancelli</b>; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>