<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.</def>
<blockquote>Blue Walden rolls its <b>cannonade</b>. <i>Ewerson.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Cannonade</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can`non*ade"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cannonade</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cannonading</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.</def>
<h1>Cannonade</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can`non*ade"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To discharge cannon; <as>as, the army <ex>cannonaded</ex> all day</as>.</def>
<h1>Cannon bone</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can"non bone</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Canon Bone</cref>.</def>
<h1>Cannoned</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can"noned</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with cannon.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark> "Gilbralter's <b>cannoned</b> steep." <i>M. Arnold.</i>
<h1>Cannoneer, Cannonier</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw><hw>Can`non*eer"</hw>, <hw>Can`non*ier"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>canonnier</ets>.]</ety> <def>A man who manages, or fires, cannon.</def>
<h1>Cannonering</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can`non*er"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The use of cannon.</def>
<i>Burke.</i>
<h1>Cannonry</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can"non*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cannon, collectively; artillery.</def>
<blockquote>The ringing of bells and roaring of <b>cannonry</b> proclaimed his course through the country. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>
<h1>Cannot</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can"not</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[<ets>Can</ets> to be able _ <ets>-not</ets>.]</ety> <def>Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.</def>
<h1>Cannula</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can"nu*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cannula</ets> a small tube of dim. of <ets>canna</ets> a reed, tube.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>canula</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Cannular</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can"nu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the form of a tube; tubular.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>canular</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Cannulated</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw>Can"nu*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>cannulated</ex> (suture) needle</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>canulated</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Canny, Cannei</h1> <Xpage=210>
<hw><hw>Can"ny</hw>, <hw>Can"nei</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>kenn</ets> skilled, learned, or E. <ets>canny</ets>. Cf. <er>Kenn</er>.]</ety> <mark>[North of Eng. & Scot.]</mark> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.</def>
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