||Can"na*bis (?), n. [L., hemp. See Canvas.] (Bot.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order UricaceŠ; hemp.
Cannabis Indica (&?;), the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, now considered a variety of the common hemp.
Can"nel coal` (?). [Corrupt. fr. candle coal.] A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.
Can"ner*y (?), n. A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [U. S.]
Can"ni*bal (?), n. [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Hayti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root "propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis." The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. Darwin.
Can"ni*bal (?), a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. "Cannibal terror." Burke.
Can"ni*bal*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. cannibalisme.] The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke.
Can"ni*bal*ly, adv. In the manner of cannibal. "An he had been cannibally given." Shak.
Can"ni*kin (?), n. [Can + -kin.] A small can or drinking vessel.