canoe 
sons sometimes weighing no more than 40 or 50 pounds 
The modern canoe, employed chiefly for pleasure, is a light 
bo-it carvel- or clinker-built, sharp at both ends and with 
a beam one eighth or one sixth its length ; it is usually 
794 
part of it. The Roman canon is divided into ten portions 
or paragraphs, generally named from their initial words. 
See liturgy. 
3. The books of the Holy Scripture accepted by 
the Christian church as containing an authori- 
tative rule of religious faith and practice. With 
the exception of the books called antilegomena, the canon- 
icity of which was not at first universally recognized, the 
canon of the New Testament has always consisted of the 
same books. The books comprised in the Hebrew Bible, 
and constituting the Hebrew canon, that is to say, the 
books of the Old Testament as given in the authorized 
version from Genesis to Malachi inclusive, are universal- 
ly recognized as canonical. The canonical character of 
the books not found in the Hebrew, but contained in the 
canonic 
Ovid was not only a fine poet, but (as a man may speak) 
a great Canon lauyer. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 85. 
Canon Of Lysippus, in Or, art, a system of typical pro- 
portions for the human body, based upon the works of 
the sculptor Lysippus of Sicyou. Lysippus made the 
head smaller than his predecessors, and sought to express 
a strongly marked muscular development. -Canon of 
Polycletus in Gr. art, the system of typical proportions 
for the human body elaborated by the sculptor Polycletus, 
or deduced from his works. It is held to be particularly 
illustrated in his figure called the doryphorwi (which see). 
Canons Of inheritance, in law, rules directing the de- 
scent of real property. Circular canon, in music: (a) A 
canon whose subject returns into itself ; an infinite or per- 
petual canon, (b) A canon whose subject ends in a key 
one semitone above that in which it began, so that twelve 
e OOOKS noi lounu us uie zieuicn, wu n*...*- - one Sem jt iie above that in wnicn it oegan, so uiuv iweive 
iptuagint or Vulgate, was disputed by many in .e ; early repetition3 traverse the circle of keys. Enigmatical 
not accounted canonical by the Anglican Church (which, {JJ be written out by the student in accordance with the 
however, treats them as ecclesiastical books, that is, books reau j remen t s o f an enigmatical inscription written upon 
to be read in the church), nor by any of the Protestant tn J muBlc . Seeinsmtfrm. Perpetual canon, inmusic, 
churches. See antilegomena, apocrypha, 2, deuterocanom- a canon ao cons tructed that it may be repeated any num- 
cal, and ecclesiastical. ber of times without break in time or rhythm. = Syn. Or- 
4. The rules of a religious order, or of persons dinamx< Regulation, etc. See towi 
nk 2 ' 
lyl ,,cu, wuuuc., *i U.....B v. ...... . - ........... -=, -.. -- . < , . 
30 inches beam, decked over, and fitted with water-tight devoted to a strictly religious life, as monks canon 2 (kan'qn), n. [< ME. canon, canotin 
n and the 
, , 
compartments. The paddle is 8 or 10 feet long, and the 
sails are usually lugs. 
I encountered ^^ 
aboord me. Capt. John 
n nung . algOj the ^ogk j n w hich such rules ca nun, assibilated chanoun, < OF. canone, as- 
are WT jtt eni 5. A catalogue or list; specifi- sibilated chanone, clianoinne, F. cJianoine = Pr. 
cally, the catalogue of members of the chapter cmo nge = Sp. canonigo = Pg. conego = It. ca- 
^ athedral or s co llegiate church.-6. A cat- nonico = AS. canonic, ME. Jcanunk = MD. *- 
alogue of saints acknowledged and canonized, 
. 
, D. kanoniek = late MHG. kanonike, G. 
cesa. [Colloq.] 
H. a. Canoe-shaped, (a) Applied by Pennsylvania 
geologists to the mountains of that State whose structure 
gives them a resemblance -in form to an Indian canoe. 
There are anticlinal and synclinal canoe mountains, the 
one being like the other inverted, (b) Applied in embry- 
olo"y to an early state of a vertebrate embryo, when it has 
acquired a definite long axis and bilaterally symmetrical 
sides curved in over the yolk-sac, as in man. 
canoe (ka-no'), *> * ; pret. and pp. canoed, ppr. 
canoeing". [< canoe, .] To paddle a canoe ; 
sail in a canoe. 
canoe-birch (ka-no ' berch), n. A tree, Betulapa- 
pyrifera oTpapyracea, also known as the paper- 
as in the Koman Catholic and Eastern churches, canonich, now usually canonicus, = Icel. Icanoki, 
7. In art, a rule or system of measures of kanuki = Sw. kanik, also . kanonicus, = Dan. 
such a character that, the dimensions of one of Jcannik = Kuss. TcanoniM, < LL. ML. canonicus 
the parts being given, those of the whole may be ( a i s o canonius), a canon or prebendary (prop. 
- versa. A canon is established, adj., pertaining to the rules or institutes of the 
) . , ., 
for instance, when it is shown that the length of any well- ehm-gh canonical: see canonic, canonical), later 
^ 
number of times in the torso or the legs, prebendary), < L. canon, < trr. navuv, anile. 
1 A dignitary who possesses a pre bend 
3 allotted for the performance of di- 
contained a certain __ 
8. In music, a kind of fugal composition in two 
or more parts, constructed according to the 
strict rules of imitation. One voice or instrument 
begins a melody, and after a few beats, the number de- 
pending upon the character of the melody, a second takes 
j?y v J- F9 - i >j. i_ 1. j.1, peiiumg upuii nic vamfwUftm v/i uuc nmv*vj, M a*,~*y..- 
birch, and sometimes as the white birch, the up tne same melody at the beginning, at the same pitch 
tough durable bark of which is used for making -* 
canoes in North America by the Indians and 
others. The bark of the young trees is chalky- 
white. 
canoe-cedar (ka-no'se"dar), n. See cedar, 2. 
canoeing (ka-n'6'ing), n. [Verbal n. of canoe, 
.] The art or practice of managing a canoe. 
Canoeing, as the term is now [1883] understood, dates 
back, in the United States, to 1871, when the New York 
Canoe Club was organized. Forest and Stream, XXI. 5. 
canoeist (ka-no'ist), n. [< canoe + -ist.] One 
agement of a canoe. 
All this country lies within the reach of the canoeist. 
Harper's Mag., LXX. 226. 
or at some definite interval, and repeats it note for note, 
and generally interval for interval. The principle of the 
canon is that the second voice or instrument, when it be- 
gins the melody, must combine continuously, according 
to the strict rules of harmony, with that part at which the 
first voice has arrived, and when the third voice begins it 
must combine in the same manner with those parts at 
which the other two have arrived, and soon for any num- 
ber of voices. A round is sometimes improperly called a 
canon. 
Here we had a variety of brave Italian and Spanish 
songs and a canon for eight voices, which Mr. Lock had 
lately made on these words : " Dominesalvum fac Regem." 
Pepys, Diary, I. 26. 
Q. In math. : (a) A general rule for the solu- 
tion of cases of similar nature. (6) An exten- 
sible table or set of tables, (c) A collection of 
a fundamental and 
canoeman(ka-no'man),.; placemen (-men), formulas.- 10. In logic, 
" v ._a i,:ii.j jj . : ,;., invariable maxim, such as, Nothing ought to 
One 
or skilled in managing a canoe 
Liriodendron Tidipifera. 
canon 1 (kan'qn), n. [< '. 
rule, < AS. canon, a rule, 
u ur ais.iueu m maiiattiiig a ^<*nvc. - -.. .. T r wTL-4i__. 
(ka-no'wud), n. The tulip-tree, bedone without a reason. 11. In the Kantim 
philosophy, the science which determines the 
ME. canon, canoun, a 
canon (canones boc, 
conon 1 .] 
or revenue L 
vine service in a cathedral or collegiate church ; 
a member of the chapter of a cathedral or col- 
legiate church. In the Roman Catholic Church in 
England and elsewhere canons were formerly divided into 
three classes, regular, secular, and honorary. The regu- 
lar canotis lived in monasteries, and added the profession 
of vows to their other duties. Secular or lay canons did 
not live in monasteries, but they kept the canonical hours. 
Honorary canons were not obliged to keep the hours. The 
name foreign canons was given to such as did not offi- 
ciate in their canonries : opposed to mansionary or resi- 
dentiary canons. Canons of the English cathedrals must 
be in residence for three months each year. Collectively, 
with the dean at their head, they form the chapter. There 
are also canons of a lower grade, called minor canons, who 
assist in performing the daily choral service in the cathe- 
dral. Honorary canons may also be appointed, but receive 
no emolument. 
In the Chirche of Seynt Sepulchre was wont to ben 
Chanouns of the ordre of seynt Augustyn, and hadden a 
Priour: but the Patriark was here Sovereygne. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 79. 
Because they were enrolled in the list of clergy belong- 
ing to the church to which they became associated, the 
cathedral and collegiate clergy of the higher grades con- 
tinued to be, and are yet, called canons. 
Sock, Church of our Fathers, ii. 83. 
right use of any faculty of cognition : as, pure 
logic is the canon of the formal use of the un- canon 3 t, ' See cannon, 7. 
hook of the7anonr-D"canw"-G"cao' derstanding and reason: transcendental ana- canon, 'canyon (kan'yqn; Sp. pron. ka-nyon'), 
to^.D^jffii"F:S=S.^S lytics.is th g e canon of the use^of the under- . [the E* spelling, canyon (like the ult. iden- 
tical canyon) suits the pronunciation, Sp.fi be- 
standing a priori, and so on. 12. Inpar., a 
the catalogue of the sacred writings, a rule of 
canon 2 , a deriv.] 1. A rule or law in general. 
Contrary to thy established proclaimed edict and conti- 
nent canon. Shak., L. L. L.. 1. 1. 
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, 
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew I 
Or that the Everlasting had not fixed 
His canon 'gainst self -slaughter ! 
Shak., Hamlet, i. 2. 
She shocked no canon of taste. 
ing unaltered. See ode, tetraodion, triodion. 
14f. Annual charge for use of land ; rent ; a 
quit-rent. 15. In printing, a large text print- 
ing-type, in size about 17J lines to the linear 
foot: so called from its early employment in m , 
printing the canon of the mass and the ser- lish ravine, gorge, or gulch, is known in Spain and Spanish 
rr .,;, i America as barranca and nmcbra. =Svn. Gome, etc. See 
vice-books of the church Ancyrene canons. See 
. { 
Aneyrene. Apostolic canons. See apostolic. Boole's - ___,._ 
canon, in math., a certain rule according to which a dif- canon, Canyon 
quently applied to what would ; 
be called in English a defile, ravine, or gorge. 
This use of the word canon is peculiar to the United States, 
it being rare in Mexico, and not at all known in Spain or 
in Spanish South America. The word used in Spain and 
the Argentine Republic is Canada ; in Pern , quebrada ; and 
in Chili, garganta. A small and steep canon, called in Eng- 
lish ravine, gorge, or gulch, is known in Spain and Spa--'-' 
America as barranca and quiebra. = Syn. Gorge, etc. 
valley. 
* v. i. [< canon, can- 
Ha^orne, Seven Gables, v. ^^tt&aT&S&S TSHttEl & ftV*T3B of a 
The scientific canon of excluding from calculation all Dl rt not necessary conditions are fulfilled. Canon can- stream. [Western IT. S.] 
incalculable data places Metaphysics on the same level with 
Physics. G. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. i. 54. 
2. Eccles, : () A law or rule of doctrine or dis- 
cipline, enacted by a council or other compe- 
tent ecclesiastical authority. 
Various canons, which were made in councils held in 
the second century. Hook. 
In the wording of a canon, it is not enough to admonish 
or to express disapprobation ; its wording must be expli- 
citly permissive or prohibitory, backed by the provision, 
expressed or admittedly understood, that its infringement 
will be visited with punishment. 
The Churchman, LIV. 462. 
(b) In liturgies, that part of the liturgy or mass 
which includes the consecration, great obla- 
tion, and great intercession. It begins after the 
Sanctus (in the Roman liturgy, and other Latin liturgies 
influenced by the Roman, with the words Te igitur), and 
ends just before the Lord's Prayer, sometimes counted a 
crizans. See cancrizans. Canon law, rules or laws 
relating to faith, morals, and discipline, enjoined on the 
members of any church communion by its lawful ecclesi- -. . . 
astical authority; specifically, a collection of rules of ec- canoneSS (kan'on-es), n. [< ML. canomssa (> 
" F chanoinesse), a fern, form of canon : see ec- 
(kan'on-bit), n. Same as cannon, 3. 
" See cannon-bone 
k 
clesiastical order and discipline embodied in the Corpus 
Juris Canonic! (body of canon law). It is a compilation 
from the canons of councils, the decrees of the popes and 
fathers, and the decretals and canonical replies made to 
questions put at various times to the Roman pontiffs. 
The principal parts of which it consists are the Decretum, 
or collection of decrees made by Gratian A. D. 1151, and 
the decretals of Gregory IX., to which are added the decre- 
tals of Boniface VIII., the Clementine constitutions, and 
the books called the Extravagantes of John xxji. and the 
Extravagantes Coi 
of England cons' 
vincial synods ai CT __ 
common law. The canon law of the Greek Church is em- 
o 2 and -ess.] Eccles., a member of a commu- 
nity of women living under a rule, but not 
obliged to make any vows or to renounce the 
world. 
There are in popish countries women they call secular 
canontsses, living after the example of secular canons. 
Ayliffc, Paragon. 
as if *ca- 
canon, a 
canon: see canon 2 .} Same as canonical. 
1 the jixtravagantes 01 jonn xxn. ana me 
Communes. The canon law of the Church canon ialt. a . [< ME. canoniel, < ML. 
sists of canons passed in national and pro- v " tuu .,r 1T> , .m/mina.** ( 
ind foreign canons adopted by custom and nomaliS, \ cam na, a ca , \ 
bodied in the collections called the Syntagma Canonum, canonic (ka-non'ik), a. and n. [< L. canonicus, 
Nomocanon, and Synagoge Canonum of Photitis. See no- r)er t a ininr"to a canon or rule, esp. (ill ML.) to 
moccmon.- Canon lawyer, a person versed in the canon I 
law. 
o ; ,n<.lpintipBl panons 
Scriptural or eccl >ns, 
