Part 1597

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Skillful; knowing; capable.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Cautious; prudent; safe..</def>

<i>Ramsay.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Having pleasing of useful qualities; gentle.</def>

<i>Burns.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Reputed to have magical powers.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<cs><col>No canny</col>, <cd>not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. <mark>[Scot.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Canoe</h1> <Xpage=210>

<hw>Ca*noe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Canoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Sp. <ets>canoa</ets>, fr. Caribbean <ets>can\'a0oa</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.</def>

<blockquote>Others devised the boat of one tree, called the <b>canoe</b>. <i>Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.</def>

<blockquote>A birch <b>canoe</b>, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.</def>

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<h1>Canoe</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Ca*noe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Canoed</er> <tt>(?)</tt> <tt>p. pr. & vb. n</tt>. <er>Canoeing</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.</def>

<h1>Canoeing</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Ca*noe"ing</hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or art of using a canoe.</def>

<h1>Canoeist</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Ca*noe"ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A canoeman.</def>

<h1>Canoeman</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Ca*noe"man</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Canoemen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.</def>

<blockquote>Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing <b>canoeman</b>. <i>Parkman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Canon</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can"on</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>canon</ets>, <ets>canoun</ets>, AS. <ets>canon</ets> rule (cf. F. <ets>canon</ets>, LL. <ets>canon</ets>, and, for sense 7, F. <ets>chanoine</ets>, LL. <ets>canonicus</ets>), fr. L. <ets>canon</ets> a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. <?/ rule, rod, fr. <?/, <?/, red. See <er>Cane</er>, and cf. <er>Canonical</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A law or rule.</def>

<blockquote>Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His <b>canon</b> 'gainst self-slaughter. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>