cankery 
cankery (kang'ker-i), a. [< canker + -y 1 .] 1. 
Cankered; corroded; rusty. 2. Ill-natured; 
crabbed; venomous; vexing: as, "O cankric 
care," Hum,*. 
canking (kang'king), p. a. [Ppr. of cauk 1 , v.] 
Whining; dissatisfied. [Prov. Eng. (Derby- 
shire).] 
canna 1 (kan'a), n. [L., areed, cane: see cane 1 .] 
1. [ea;>.] [NL.] A genus of reed-like plants, 
natural order Marantacea;, several species of 
which are known by the name of Indian shot, 
from their rourtd, shining, hard, heavy seeds. 
They are natives of the tropics, and there are many spe- 
cies' and varieties in cultivation for their singular showy 
Indian Shot (Canna fndica). 
a, foliage ; />, flower ; f, fruit, dehiscing. 
flowers and very ornamental foliage. The common In- 
dian shot of gardens is C. Indica. The rootstocks are 
farinaceous, and the tuberous roots of some species are 
used as a vegetable. A species cultivated in the West In- 
dies, supposed to be the C. edulits of South America, yields 
a kind of starch or arrowroot known as tous-les-mois. 
2. The upright shaft or stem of any ornamen- 
tal object or utensil, especially when of metal, 
as of a candlestick. 3. Eccles., the pipe or 
tube by which the sacred wine was taken from 
the chalice. See calamus, 4. These tubes were 
made of precious material, frequently of silver. In a few 
cases the canna seems to have been fixed to the chalice. 
4. A linear measure in use in some parts of 
Italy. Its length varies from 44 to 118 inches, accord- 
ing to the locality in which it is used ami the material 
to which it is applied. The canna of Malta is 82.2 inches. 
5. [cap.] [NL.] A genus of lepidopterous in- 
sects. Walker, 1865. 6. A name of the eland, 
Oreas canna. 
canna 2 (kan'a), n. [< Gael, canach, cotton, 
cotton-grass, cat's-tail, = Ir. canach, cotton, 
down.] Cotton-grass, a plant of the genus Eri- 
ophorum. 
Still is the ccmna's hoary beard. 
Scott, L. of the L., ii. 15. 
canna 3 (kan'a). [Sc., prop, can na, cannot: 
na = E. wo 1 .]" Cannot. [Scotch.] 
cannabene (kan'a-ben), n. [< Cannabis + -ene.] 
A colorless oil (Ci 8 H 2 o) obtained from Canna- 
bis Indica. 
cannabic (kan'a-bik), a. [< L. cannabis, hemp, 
+ -ic.] Of or pertaining to hemp Cannabic 
composition, a substitute for papier mache, made of a 
mixture of hemp and resin. 
cannabin, cannabine 1 (kan'a-bin, -bin), re. [< 
Cannabis + -in 2 , -ine^.] A resin obtained from 
the plant Cannabis Indica. It is probably the 
active principle of the drug hashish. 
Oannabinaceae (kana-bi-na'se-e), n. pi. [NL., 
< L. cannabis, hemp, -f -acece.] ' A natural order 
of plants, the hemp family, properly included 
in the order Urticacea. 
cannabine 1 , n. See cannabin. 
cannabine 2 (kan'a-bin), a. [< L. cannabinits, < 
cannabin = E. hemp.] Pertaining to hemp ; 
hempen. [Rare.] 
Cannabineae (kan-a-bin'e-e), . pi. [NL., < L. 
cannabis, hemp, +' -eai.] In some classifica- 
tions, a suborder of plants, of the natural order 
Urticacew ; the hemp family as a suborder. 
Cannabis (kan'a-bis), . [L., = E. hemp, q. v.] 
A genus of urticaceous plants, of a single spe- 
cies, C. Indica. See bhang and hemp. 
canne 1 (kan), . [F., cane: see cane 1 .] If. 
An old spelling of cane 1 . 2. A French mea- 
sure of length, varying according to locality 
from 1.78 to 2.62 meters, or 1.95 to 2.87 yards. 
canne 2 t, An obsolete spelling of ca/ifc. 
canne 3 , . See kanne. 
cannel 1 (kan'el), ii. [< ME. canel (also assibi- 
lated chattel, > mod. E. channel), < OF. cae?, 
cltenal, < L. canalis, & channel: see channel 1 , 
792 
, and canal 1 , doublets of rmuiel 1 .] If. A 
channel ; a stream of water ; the bed of a stream. 
Thei grutchideu agens this water, and dronken podel 
watt-r of the canel. 
Wyclif, Select Works (ed. Arnold), II. 336. 
Again lie did the waters ga, 
Til thair canelit that thai comen fra. 
Cursor Mundi, i 1866. 
2f. A conduit ; a pipe. 
Canels or pipes wynes forth to lede 
Into the vat. 
Palladium, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 18. 
3t. The throat. 
So now thou hatg thi hert holle, hitte me bihou[e]s; 
Halde the now the hyge hodc, that Arthur the ragt, 
& kepe thy kanel at this kest, if hit keuer may. 
Sir Gaicayiie and the Green Knujht (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2298. 
4. The lowest part of the edge of a tool, which 
has received the finishing; the finishing bevel 
of a knife, ax, or other edged tool. 
It |a pocket-knife] must be held [in honing] at an angle of 
20 to 25 degrees, and have an edge similar to a chisel. This 
is technically called the cannel, and is marked on all new 
knives by a fine white line, which does not remove or touch 
the polished surface. A Trade Circular, 1887. 
5. [< cannel 1 , >.] A style of weaving, making 
a corded or rep tissue. E. H. Knight. 
cannel 1 (kan'el), v. t. [< F. canneler, formerly 
fancier, canelhr, channel, flute, groove, < canel, 
a channel, groove : see cannel 1 , n., and cf. chan- 
nel 1 ,?.] To channel; groove; chamfer. Jamie- 
son. 
canne! 2 t (kan'el), n. [Early mod. E. also canel, 
< ME. canel, canele, canelle = MD. D. kaneel = 
MLG. kannel, LG. kaneel, kneel = late MHG. 
kanel, G. cancel, kanel = Sw. Dan. kanel, < OF. 
canelle, F. cannelle = Pr. Sp. canela = Pg. ca- 
nela, canella = It. canella, now cannella, < ML. 
eanella, cannella, cinnamon, so called from the 
form of a roll or quill which it assumes in dry- 
ing, lit. a little pipe (OF. canelle, F. cannelle, a 
quill, faucet, cock, spout, etc.), dim. of (L.) 
cana, canna (OF. cane, F. canne, etc.), a cane, 
reed : see cane 1 , and cf. cannon.] Cinnamon. 
In Arabia is store, mir and canel. 
Trevisa, tr. of Higden's Polychronicon, I. 99. 
Alle maner of spicerie, ... as of gyngevere, clowe-gylo- 
fres, canelle, zedewalle, notemuges, and maces. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 187. 
canne! 3 t, An obsolete form of kennel 1 . 
cannela-wood, . Same as canella-ioood. 
cannel-cpal, candle-coal (kan'el-, kan'dl-kol), 
n. A highly bituminous coal, very compact, 
and burning readily with a bright flame. It is 
not so distinctly stratified as ordinary bituminous coal, but 
breaks into more or less regularly formed cubical frag- 
ments. The term is said to be applied to coals of this kind 
because they burn like a candle. See coal. Also written 
canal-coal, kennel-coal. 
cannellated (kan'e-la-ted), a. [< cannel 1 + 
-ate 1 + -ed! 2 .] In arch., channeled or fluted: 
as, "cannellated pilasters," C. C. Perkins, Ital- 
ian Sculpture, Int., p. xlvii. 
cannelure (kan'e-lur), n. [F., < canneler, groove, 
flute: see cannel 1 , .] 1. A groove or channel 
on a decorative surface, as the channeling on 
Doric columns. Much of the decoration of the e,igh- 
teenth century is ill scroll-formed or spiral cannelures. 
2. A rectangular groove cut around the cylin- 
drical part of a bullet to contain the lubricant, 
which consists generally of bayberry tallow or 
Japan wax. There may be from 3 to 5 cannelures ; there 
are 3 in the United States regulation bullet. The lubri- 
cant prevents leading and fouling of the bore in firing. 
See cut under cartridge. 
cannelure (kan'e-lur), v. t. ; pret. and pp. canne- 
lured, ppr. canneluring. [< cannelure, n.] To 
form a groove or channel on : as, a cannelured 
bullet. 
cannequin (kan'e-kin), . [F., also canequin; 
origin unknown.] White cotton cloth from 
the East Indies. E. H. Knujht. 
cannery (kan'e-ri), n. ; pi. canneries (-riz). [< 
con 2 + -ery.] An establishment for canning 
or preserving meat, fish, or fruit in cans or tins 
hermetically sealed. 
Several new canneries have been established, one on 
Bristol Bay, where four hundred cases of canned and thir- 
ty-two hundred and fifty barrels of salted salmon were put 
up during the season. Science, IV. 475. 
cannett (kan'et), n. [= F. canette, < OF. canet, 
m., canette, f., a young duck, dim. of cane, a 
duck: see canard.] In her., a bearing repre- 
senting a duck without beak or feet, it is dis- 
tinguished from the martlet in being without the forked 
tail of the latter. 
cannetet, n. [ME., = It. canneto, < L. canne- 
titm, a thicket of reeds, < canna, a reed.] A 
thicket of reeds. 
Cannetes olde eke tyme is nowe to wede 
And of to kytte it that thaire root uneseth. 
Palladiue, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 81. 
cannon 
cannibal (kan'i-bal), . and a. [Formerly also 
canibal ; = F. cannibale = G. canibale, now ean- 
nibalc, < Sp. canibal = Pg. canibal (NL. cani- 
balis), a cannibal, a savage, a conniption of Cnri- 
bal (NL. Caribalis), a Carib, the form used by 
Columbus (Oct., 1498), and afterward changed 
to canibal, "propter rabiem canhimn anthropo- 
phagorum gentis," to express the canine vora- 
city of the Caribs, who were said to be man-eat- 
ers ; as if from L. cants, a dog. The more cor- 
rect form is preserved in Sp. Caribc, a Carib, 
also a cannibal, savage, > E. Caribbce : see Carib. 
In the Carib tongue the word is said to have 
signified 'a valiant man.'] I. n. 1. A human 
being who eats human flesh; a human man- 
eater or anthropophagite. 
That face of his the hungry cannibals 
Would not have touch'd. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. 
Is there anything here to eat 
But one another, like a race of cannibals f 
n-trhrr, Rule a Wife, iii. _>. 
Hence 2. Any animal that eats the flesh of 
members of its own or kindred species. 
They [worms] are cannibals, for the two halves of a dead 
worm placed in two of the pots were dragged into the bur- 
rows and gnawed. Dariein, Vegetable Mould, p. 36. 
II. a. Pertaining to or characteristic of can- 
nibals or cannibalism: as, "cannibal ferocity," 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xiv. 
cannibalism (kan'i-bal-izm), . [< cannibal + 
-ism.] 1. The eating of human flesh by human 
beings. 
It is rather startling to find that just two hundred years 
ago in London the Physician in Ordinary to the King rec- 
ommended cannibalism, to Englishmen without the small- 
est apology or hesitation. 
F. P. Cobbe, Peak in Darien, p. 179. 
Hence 2. The eating of any animal by an- 
other individual of the same species, 
cannibalistic (kan"i-ba-lis'tik), a. [< cannibal 
+ -istic.] Characterized by cannibalism ; given 
to eating its own kind. 
cannibally (kan'i-bal-i), adv. In the manner 
of a cannibal: as, "cannibally given" (addict- 
ed to cannibalism), Shale., Cor., iv. 5. [Bare.] 
canine, a. and adv. See canny. 
cannikin (kau'i-kin), . [< can 2 + euphonic 
-i- + dim. -kin.] 1. A little can or cup. Also 
written canakin. 
And let me the canakin clink. 
Shale., Othello, ii. 3 (song). 
2. A wooden bucket forholding sugar, rice, etc. 
cannily (kan'i-li), adv. [Sc., also written can- 
nilie ; < canny + -ly^.] In a canny manner. 
He lean'd him ower his saddle bow, 
And cannilie kiss'd his dearie. 
Duke oSAthol'x Nurse, in Child's Ballads, VIII. 228. 
canniness (kan'i-nes), n. [< canny + -ness.] 
Caution; shrewdness. 
cannionst, . pi. See cannon, n., 7. 
cannipert (kau'i-per), n. A corruption of cali- 
per. 
cannoid (kan'oid), . [< Gr. Kawa. a reed, a 
tube, 4- eMof, form, shape: see cane 1 and -oid.] 
Tubular ; having tubes : applied to the skeleton 
of certain radiolarians. 
cannon (kan'on), n. ; pi. cannons (-onz) or can- 
non. [Early mod. E. also canon; = D. kanon = 
G. canone, now kanone, = Dan. Sw. kanon, a can- 
non (gun), < F. canon, a gun (cannon), barrel 
of a gun, any tube or pipe (canon parfmnatoire, 
a surgical tube), a graft, a cannon-bit, a roll or 
cuff (canon de chausses, or simply canons, pi., 
E. canons, cannons, cantons, ca'nninns) (Cot- 
grave), cannon-bone, OF. canon, a tube, pipe, 
conduit, bobbin, = Sp. cation, a gmi (cannon), 
tube, pipe, funnel, quill, lamp-chimney, can- 
non-bit, spindle, roller-fold in cloth (> E. cation, 
canyon, q. v.), = Pg. canhao, a gun (cannon), 
cannon-bit, pi. rolls (cannons), = It. cannone, 
a gun (cannon), barrel of a gun, pipe, conduit, 
cannon-bit (Florio), tube, bobbin (> NGr. Kav6w, 
a cannon), < ML. canon t a tube, pipe, gun (can- 
non) (canonus, a bobbin), prop. aug. of L. canna, 
ML. canna, cana, a reed, pipe, tube, but mixed 
with the nearly related canon, a rule, in its lit. 
sense of ' a straight rod,' < Gr. navuv, a straight 
rod, a rule, < KO.VTI, a rare form of nawti, Kama, 
L. conjia, a reed: see cane 1 and canon 1 . In the 
minor senses 2, 3, 4, etc., also spelled canon, but 
prop, cannon. In the sense of 'cannon-bone,' 
cf. It. cannoli (Florio), cannon-bones, cannella, 
arm-bone (cf. canned 2 ).] 1. An engine, sup- 
ported on a stationary or movable frame called 
a i/iin-cnrriage, for throwing balls and other mis- 
siles by the force of gunpowder ; a big gun ; a 
piece of ordnance. Cannons are made of iron, brass, 
bronze, or Btei-1, and of different sizes, carrying balls from 
3 or 4 pounds weight up to 2,000 pounds and more. The 
caliber or power of cannon may be expressed (1) by the 
