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<hw>Can"ni*bal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cannibale</ets>. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Hayti lived in great fear of the <ets>Caribales</ets> (equivalent to E. <ets>Caribbees</ets>.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. <ets>Canibales</ets>, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root "propter rabiem <ets>caninam</ets> anthropophagorum gentis." The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. <ets>Calinago</ets>, <ets>Carinago</ets>, <ets>Calliponam</ets>, and, abbreviated, <ets>Calina</ets>, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his <ets>Caribales</ets>.]</ety> <def>A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Cannibal</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"ni*bal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to cannibals or cannibalism.</def> "<i>Cannibal</i> terror."

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Cannibalism</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"ni*bal*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cannibalisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.</def>

<i>Berke.</i>

<h1>Cannibally</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"ni*bal*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of cannibal.</def> "An he had been <i>cannibally</i> given."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cannikin</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"ni*kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Can</ets> + <ets>-kin</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small can or drinking vessel.</def>

<h1>Cannily</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"ni*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a canny manner.</def> <mark>[N. of Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Canniness</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"ni*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Caution; crafty management.</def> <mark>[N. of Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Cannon</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"non</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl.<plw>Cannons</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, collectively <plw>Cannon</plw>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>cannon</ets>, fr. L. <ets>canna</ets> reed, pipe, tube. See <er>Cane</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.</def>

<note>&hand; 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 <er>Gun</er>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Printing.)</fld> <def>A kind of type. See <er>Canon</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Cannon ball</col>, <cd>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 <i>bolts<i>; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called <i>shells<i>.</cd> -- <col>Cannon bullet</col>, <cd>a cannon ball</cd>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col>Cannon cracker</col></mcol>, <cd>a fire cracker of large size.</cd> -- <col>Cannon lock</col>, <cd>a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer.</cd> -- <col>Cannon metal</col>. <cd>See <er>Gun Metal</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cannon pinion</col>, <cd>the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting.</cd> -- <col>Cannon proof</col>, <cd>impenetrable by cannon balls.</cd> -- <col>Cannon shot</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> A cannon ball. <sd>(b)</sd> The range of a cannon.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cannon</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"non</hw>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <fld>(Billiards)</fld> <def>See <er>Carom</er>.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Cannonade</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Can"non*ade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>Canonnade</ets>; cf. It. <ets>cannanata</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>A furious <b>cannonade</b> was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>