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<hw>Can"i*cule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Canicula.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Caninal</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Ca*ni"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Canine</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Canine</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Ca*nine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caninus</ets>, fr. <ets>canis</ets> dog: cf. F. <ets>canin</ets>. See <er>Hound</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the family <i>Canid\'91</i>, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.</def>

<cs><col>Canine appetite</col>, <cd>a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia.</cd> -- <col>Canine letter</col>, <cd>the letter r. See <er>R</er>.</cd> -- <col>Canine madness</col>, <cd>hydrophobia.</cd> -- <col>Canine toth</col>, <cd>a toth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developen 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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Canine</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Ca*nine"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A canine tooth.</def>

<h1>Canis</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Ca"nis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Canes</plw> 3.</plu> <ety>[L., a dog.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family <spn>Canid\'91</spn>, including the dogs and wolves.</def>

<cs><col>Canis major</col> <ety>[L., larger dog]</ety>, <cd>a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star.</cd> -- <col>Canis minor</col> <ety>[L., smaller dog]</ety>, <cd>a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude.</cd></cs>

<h1>Canister</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"is*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>canistrum</ets> a basket woven from reeds Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, <?/ reed; cf. F. <ets>canistre</ets>. See <er>Cane</er>, and <er>Canaster</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small basket of rushes, or wilow twigs, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>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 <altname>canister shot</altname>,</def>

<h1>Canker</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"ker</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>canker</ets>, <ets>cancre</ets>, AS. <ets>cancer</ets> (akin to D. <ets>kanker</ets>, OHG <ets>chanchar</ets>.), fr. L. <ets>cancer</ets> a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. <?/ excrescence on tree, <?/ gangrene. Cf. also OF. <ets>cancre</ets>, F. <ets>chancere</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cancer</ets>. See <er>cancer</er>, and cf. <er>Chancre</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also <altname>water canker</altname>, <altname>canker of the mouth</altname>, and <altname>noma</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>cankers</b> of envy and faction. <i>Temple.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Hort.)</fld> <def>A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.</def>

<blockquote>To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this <b>canker</b>, Bolingbroke. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Black canker</col>. <cd>See under <er>Black</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Canker</h1> <Xpage=210>