Part 1600

<hw>Can"on*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of pertaining to Canopus in egypt; <as>as, the <ex>Canopic</ex> vases, used in embalming</as>.</def>

<h1>Canopus</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Ca*no"pus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Canopus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, town of Egypt.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.</def>

<h1>Canopy</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can"o*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Canopies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Oe. <ets>canopie</ets>, F. <ets>canop\'82</ets>sofa, Of <ets>canop\'82e</ets>, <ets>canopeu</ets>, <ets>canopieu</ets>, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. <ets>canep\'8a</ets>canopy, sofa), LL. <ets>canopeum</ets> a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ gnat, <?/ cone + <?/ face. See <er>Cone</er>, and <er>Optic</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor.</def> "Golden <i>canoniec</i> and beds of state."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Also, a roofike covering, supported on pilars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.</def>

<h1>Canopy</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can"o*py</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Canopes</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Canopying</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To cover with, or as with, a canopy.</def> "A bank with ivy <i>canopied</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Canorous</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Ca*no"rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>canorus</ets>, from <ets>nor</ets> melody, fr. <ets>canere</ets> to sing.]</ety> <def>Melodious; musical.</def> "Birds that are most <i>canorous</i>."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<blockquote>A long, lound, and <b>canorous</b> peal of laughter. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Canorousness</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Ca*no"rous*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being musical.</def>

<blockquote>He chooses his language for its rich <b>canorousness</b>. <i>Lowell.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Canstick</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Can"stick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Candlestick.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cant</h1> <Xpage=211>

<hw>Cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. <ets>canthus</ets> the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. <?/ the corner of the eye, the felly of a wheel; cf. W. <ets>cant</ets> the stake or tire of a wheel. Cf. <er>Canthus</er>, <er>Canton</er>, <er>Cantle</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A corner; angle; niche.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a <b>cant</b>. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An outer or external angle.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; <as>as, to give a ball a <ex>cant</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Coopering)</fld> <def>A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.</def>