cancel 
eel, chancellor, etc.] I. trans. It. To inclose 
with latticework or a railing. 
A little obscure place cancelled in with iron-work is the 
pillar or stump at which . . . our Saviour was scourged. 
Evelyn. 
2. To draw lines across (something written) so 
as to deface ; blot out or obliterate : as, to can- 
cel several lines in a manuscript. 
The suras you borrow'd are return'd, the bonds 
Cancell'd, and your acquittance formally seal'd. 
Beau, and Fl., Laws of Candy, iv. 2. 
The indentures were cancelled. Thackeray. 
3. To annul or destroy; make void; set aside: 
as, to cancel a debt or an engagement. 
Know then, I here forget all former griefs, 
Cancel all grudge. Shak., T. O. of V., v. 4. 
His subjects slain, 
His statutes cancell'd, and his treasure spent 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., v. 4. 
4. (a) In math., to strike out or eliminate, as 
a number or quantity constituting a common 
factor in a dividend and divisor or the numera- 
tor and denominator of a fraction, or a common 
term in the two members of an equation. (6) 
In printing, to strike out, reject, or throw aside, 
as some portion of a printed work, (c) In music, 
to suspend the power of (a sharp or a flat) by in- 
serting the sign J. = Syn. 2. Erase, Expunge, etc. (see 
e/ace\ strike out ; destroy, scratch out, rub out, wipe out. 
3. Repeal, Rescind, etc. See abolish. 
H.t intrans. To become obliterated or void. 
[Rare.] 
A rash oath that cancell'd in the making. Cowley. 
cancelation, cancellation (kan-se-la'shon), 
n. The act of canceling; specifically, in math., 
the striking out or removal of a common factor 
or term. See cancel, v. t., 4 (a). 
canceleert, canceliert (kan-se-ler'), [< P. 
"canceler, assibilated chanceler (*eschanceter) 
(= Pr. cancheler, chancelar), reel, stagger, wa- 
ver, lit. go in zigzags, being the same word as 
canceler, draw lines across in the form of lat- 
ticework: see cancel, .] The turn of a hawk 
upon the wing to recover itself, after miss- 
ing in the first stoop. Also written canceller. 
The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, 
Make sundry canceleers ere they the fowl can reach. 
Drayton, Polyolbion, xx. 229. 
canceleert, canceliert (kan-se-ler'), >. [< 
canceleer, .] In falconry, to turn two or three 
times on the wing before seizing the prey, as 
a hawk in stooping, especially when it misses. 
Also written canceller. 
The partridge sprung, 
He [the hawk] makes his stoop ; but, wanting breath, is 
forced 
To canceller. Maseinger, The Guardian, ii. 1. 
canceler, canceller 1 (kan'sel-6r), . One who 
or that which cancels; specifically, a hand- 
stamp or stamping-machine for the cancela- 
tion of postage-stamps ; a canceling-stamp. 
canceliert, and v. See canceleer. 
canceling-stamp (kan'sel-ing-stamp), n. A 
hand-stamp for defacing and canceling post- 
age-stamps or checks. 
cancellarean (kan-se-la're-an), a. Same as 
cancellarian 1 . [Bare.] 
cancellareate (kan-se-la're-at), a. [< ML. can- 
cellarius : see chancellor."] 'Belonging to a chan- 
cellor. [Rare.] 
Cancellaria (kan-se-la'ri-a), n. [Nl/. (Lamarck, 
1801 ; cf . ML. cancellariits ': see chancellor), < L. 
concetti, a grating: see cancel, v.] The typical 
genus of Cancellariida!, having an oval cancel- 
lated shell with the last whorl ventricous, aper- 
ture oblong and canaliculated, canal short, and 
columella obliquely plicate. There are many 
species, of which C. reticulata is an example. 
The shell is almost always marked off into squares by 
transverse ribs and revolving lines, which gives rise to the 
name of the principal genus Cancellaria. 
Stand. Nat. Hitt., I. 337. 
cancellarian 1 (kan-se-la'ri-an), a. [< ML. can- 
cellar lus: see chancellor.'] Relating or pertain- 
ing to a chancellor ; cancellareate. Also spelled 
cancellarean. [Rare.] 
cancellarian 2 (kan-se-la'ri-an), a. [< Cancel- 
laria + -an.] In conch., pertaining to the Can- 
cellaria or to the Cancellariida!. 
cancellariid (kan-se-la'ri-id), n. A gastropod 
of the family Cancellariida;. 
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cancellarioid (kan-se-la'ri-oid), a. [< Cancel- 
laria + -oid.] Resembling the members of the 
genus Cancellaria; cancellarian. 
cancellate, cancellated (kan'se-lat, -la-ted), 
a. [< L. cancellatus, pp. of cancellare, make like 
or provide with a lattice : see cancel, v.] Sep- 
arated into spaces or divisions, as by cancelli. 
Specifically (a) In zool., marked by lines crossing each 
other; marked latticewise; reticulated; showing a net- 
work of lines. The shell of Cancellaria reticulata is a 
good example. 
The tail of the castor is almost bald, though the beast 
is very hairy ; and cancellated with some resemblance to 
the scales of fishes. N. Grew, Museum. 
(6) In anat., same as in zoology, but especially said of the 
light spongy or porous texture of hone resulting from 
numerous thin osseous 
lamimc with intervening 
spaces large enough to 
be readily seen by the 
naked eye. Such texture 
occurs in the ends of 
long bones, as the hume- 
rus and femur, and in 
the interior of most 
short, flat, or irregular 
bones. The spaces are 
chiefly vascular chan- 
nels, filled with connec- 
tive tissue, fat, etc., be- 
tween plates or layers of 
more compact bone-tis- 
sue, (c) In bot., applied 
to leaves consisting en- 
tirely of veins, without 
Cancellate structure of Bone-Upper connecting parenchyma 
part of femur, in section. SO that the whole leaf 
looks like a sheet of open 
network ; in mosses, applied to cell-structure having such 
appearance. 
Also cancellous. 
cancellation (kan-se-la'shon), n. [< L. can- 
cellatio(n-), < cancellare, p'p. cancellatus: see 
cancel, v.] 1. See cancelation. 2. In anat., 
reticulation; the state of being cancellated: 
as, the cancellation of bone. 
canceller 1 , . See canceler. 
canceller 2 t, n. and v. Same as canceleer. 
cancelli (kan-sel'I), n. pi. [L., a lattice, etc. : 
see cancel, n.] Cross-pieces or reticulations 
forming a latticework or grating. Specifically 
(a) In the Rom. Cath. Ch., the parts of a latticework parti- 
tion between the choir and the body of the church, so ar- 
ranged as not to intercept the view. 
The Altar is inclos'd with Cancelli so as not to be ap- 
proach'd by any one but the Priest, according to the fash- 
ion of the Greek Churches. 
Maundrell, Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 27. 
(b) In aoiil. and anat., the reticulations or intersections 
constituting cancellated structure or reticulated texture ; 
a composition of many spaces bounded by lines or surfaces 
forming a network or lattice-like arrangement, such as the 
light, spongy, cancellated tissue of bones. The word is 
little used except for this kind of osseous texture, and the 
singular, cancethu, is not in use. See cancellate, (6). 
cancellous (kan'se-lus), a. [< L. cancellosus, < 
cancelli : see cancel, v.~\ Same as cancellate. 
On examining a section of any bone, it is seen to be com- 
posed of two kinds of tissue, one of which is dense and 
compact in texture, like ivory; the other consisting of 
slender fibres and lamellee, which join to form a reticular 
structure ; this, from its resemblance to lattice-work, is 
called cancellou*. B. Gray, Anat., p. 45. 
cancer (kan'ser), n. [L. cancer (eancr-) = Gr. 
xapidvof, a crab, also in astronomical and medi- 
cal senses; cf. in same senses Skt. Jcarkata, 
karkataJca, > Hind, kark, Hindi kekra, a crab, 
also in astronomical sense. Hence (from L.), 
through AS., canker, q. v., and, through F., 
chancre, q. v.] 1. [cop.] [NL.] In zool., 
the typical genus of brachyurous decapodous 
Common Crab of the Pacific Coast ( Cancer magistcr >. 
crustaceans of the family Cancridce: formerly 
more than conterminous with the order De- 
capoda, now restricted to the common edible 
crab of Europe, C. pagurus, and its immediate 
congeners. See crab 1 . 2. [cap.'] In astron., 
Cancellariidse (kan"se-la-ri'i-de), n. pi. [NL., a constellation and also a sign of the zodiac, 
. Cancellaria + -ida;.] A family of toxoglos- represented by the form of a crab, and show- 
ing the limits of the sun's course northward in 
summer; hence, the sign of the summer sol- 
stice (marked 55). 3. In pathol., a malignant 
tumor technically named carcinoma (which 
see) ; also, by extension, any malignant tumor, 
sate prosobranchiate gastropods, typified by 
the genus Cancellaria, having the proboscis 
rudimentary, the teeth two-rowed, and the 
shell cancellated and inoperculate. They are 
vegetarians. 
cancrid 
as one of certain adenomata and sarcomata. 
4t. A plant, possibly cancerwort. 
Who taught the poore beast having poison tasted, 
To seek tn hearbe cancer, and by that to cure him. 
Great Britaine's Troye, 1. 1809. 
Adenoid cancer, an adenocarcinoma. Alveolar can- 
cer, colloid can- 
cer, encepha- 
loid cancer. See 
the adjectives. 
Tropic of Can- 
cer. See tropic. 
cancerate 
(kan'se-rat), 
v. i. ; pret. and 
pp.cancerated, 
ppr. cancerat- 
ing. [< L. can- 
ceratus, adj., 
prop. pp. of 
*cancerare, in- 
ceptive can- 
cerascere, be- 
come cancer- 
ous, < cancer, 
a cancer: see 
cancer.] To 
grow into a 
cancer ; be- 
come Cancer- The Constellation Cancer, 
ous. 
cancer ation (kan-se-ra'shon), n. [< L. as if 
*canceratio(n-), < canceratvs: see cancerate."] A 
growing cancerous, or into a cancer. 
cancer-bandage (kan'ser-ban"daj), n. Aband- 
age so arranged as to resemble the legs of a 
crab. Also called the split-cloth of eight tails. 
cancer-cell (kan'ser-sel), n. In pathol., a cell 
characterized by a large nucleus, bright nucle- 
olus, and irregular form, frequently occurring 
in malignant tumors. 
cancerine (kan'se-rin), n. [< L. cancer, a crab, 
-j- -ine 2 .] An artificial guano prepared from 
horseshoe and other crabs in Newfoundland, 
New Jersey, and elsewhere. 
cancerite (kan'se-rit), n. [< L. cancer, a crab, 
+ -ifc 2 .] A petrified crab; a fossil brachyu- 
rous crustacean. 
cancer-juice (kan'ser-jos), . A milky liquid 
which can be squeezed out of a divided cancer. 
cancer-mushroom (kan ' ser - mush * rom), . 
The mushroom-shaped mass produced by can- 
cer of the uterus when it affects the parts about 
the os and leaves the cervix intact. 
cancerous (kan'se-rus), a. [= P. cancereux, < 
ML. cancerosus, < L. cancer, a cancer.] Like 
cancer ; virulent ; also, affected with cancer. 
There is a cancerous malignity in it which must be cut 
forth. Hallam. 
cancerously (kan'se-rus-li), adv. In the man- 
ner of a cancer. 
cancerousness (kan'se-rus-nes), n. The state 
of being cancerous. 
cancer-root (kan'ser-rot), n. A name in the 
United States of several plants belonging to 
the natural order Orobanchacea", more particu- 
larly Epiphegus Virginiana, Conopholis Ameri- 
cana, and Aphyllon uniflorum. All are low herbs 
without green color, white, pale-brown, or purplish, and 
parasitic on the roots of trees. 
cancer-weed (kan'ser-wed), n. The rattlesnake- 
root, Prenanthes alba, of the United States, a 
milky-juiced composite having an intensely 
bitter root, which is used as a domestic tonic. 
cancerwort (kan'ser-wert), n. 1. The common 
name of the annual species of Litiaria, L. spuria 
and L. Elatine, common European weeds. 2t. 
An old name for a species of Veronica. 
canch (kanch), n. [E. dial.] It. A small quan- 
tity of corn in the straw put into the corner of 
a barn ; a small mow. 2t. A short turn or 
spell at anything. 3t. A trench cut sloping to 
a very narrow bottom. 4t. A certain breadth 
in digging or treading land. 5. In coal-min- 
ing, that part of the floor or roof of a gangway 
which has to be removed in order to equalize 
the grade, when there has been a slight fault 
or break in the strata. 
canchalagua (kan-cha-la'gwa), n. [Sp., also 
canchelagua, canchilagua.] The Spanish name 
in Chili and California of species of the gen- 
tianaceous genus Erythra:a,used as bittertonics. 
canciller (Sp. pron. kan-thel-yar'), n. [Sp. : 
see chancellor.'] In Mexican law, a chancellor. 
cancra, w. Plural of cancrum. 
cancredt (kang'kerd), a. An obsolete form of 
cankered. 
cancrid (kang'krid), n. A crab of the family 
Cancrida!. 
