Part 1608

<hw>Can"tor*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or belonging to a cantor.</def>

<cs><col>Cantoral staff</col>, <cd>the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cantoris</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can*to"ris</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L., lit., of the cantor, gen. of <ets>cantor</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a cantor; <as>as, the <ex>cantoris</ex> side of a choir; a <ex>cantoris</ex> stall.</as></def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Cantrap, Cantrip</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw><hw>Can"trap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Can"trip</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>gandar</ets>, ODan. & OSw. <ets>gan</ets>, witchcraft, and E. <ets>trap</ets> a snare, <ets>tramp</ets>.]</ety> <def>A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cantraip</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Cantred, Cantref</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw><hw>Can"tred</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Can"tref</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[W. <ets>cantref</ets>; <ets>cant</ets> hundred + <ets>tref</ets> dwelling place, village.]</ety> <def>A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kantry</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Canty</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry.</def> "The <i>canty</i> dame."

<i>Wordsworth <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark></i>

<blockquote>Contented with little, and <b>canty</b> with mair. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Canuck</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*nuck"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A Canadian.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Canula, n., Canular, a., Canulated</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw><hw>Can"u*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Can"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>, <hw>Can"u*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Cannula</er>, <er>Cannular</er>, and <er>Cannulated</er>.</def>

<h1>Canvas</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"vas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>canvas</ets>, <ets>canevas</ets>, F. <ets>canevas</ets>, LL. <ets>canabacius</ets> hempen cloth, canvas, L. <ets>cannabis</ets> hemp, fr. G. <?/. See <er>Hemp</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.</def>

<blockquote>By glimmering lanes and walls of <b>canvas</b> led. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil.</def>

<blockquote>History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the <b>canvas</b> the details which were familiar. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Something for which canvas is used: <sd>(a)</sd> A sail, or a collection of sails. <sd>(b)</sd> A tent, or a collection of tents. <sd>(c)</sd> A painting, or a picture on canvas.</def>

<blockquote>To suit his <b>canvas</b> to the roughness of the see. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Light, rich as that which glows on the <b>canvas</b> of Claude. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.</def>

<i>Grabb.</i>