O me! you juggler! you canker blossom!
You thief of Love!
Shak.
Can"kered (?), a. 1. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
2. Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. "A cankered grandam's will." Shak.
Can"kered*ly, adv. Fretfully; spitefully.
Can"ker fly` (?). A fly that preys on fruit.
Can"ker*ous (?), a. Affecting like a canker. "Canrerous shackles." Thomson.
Misdeem it not a cankerous change.
Wordsworth.
Can"ker rash` (?). (Med.) A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Can"ker*worm` (?), n. (Zo÷l.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvŠ are also called cankerworms.
&fist; The autumnal species (Anisopteryx pometaria) becomes adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The spring species (A. vernata) remains in the ground through the winter, and matures in early spring. Both have winged males and wingless females. The larvŠ are similar in appearance and habits, and belong to the family of measuring worms or spanworms. These larvŠ hatch from the eggs when the leaves begin to expand in spring.
Can"ker*y (?), a. 1. Like a canker; full of canker.