Cane"brake` (-brāk`), n. A thicket of canes. Ellicott.
Caned (kānd), a. [Cf. L. canus white.] Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
||Ca*nel"la (k&adot;*n&ebreve;l"l&adot;), n. [LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See Cane.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order CanellaceŠ, growing in the West Indies.
&fist; The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark.
Ca*nes"cent (?), a. [L. canescens, p. pr. of canescere, v. inchoative of canere to be white.] Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.
Can" hook` (?). A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.
||Ca*nic"u*la (?), n. [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a dim. of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.) The Dog Star; Sirius.
Ca*nic"u*lar (?), a. [L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.] Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days. -- Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.
Can"i*cule (?), n. Canicula. Addison.
Ca*ni"nal (?), a. See Canine, a.
Ca*nine" (?), a. [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See Hound.] 1. Of or pertaining to the family CanidŠ, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.