2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

Blue Walden rolls its cannonade.

Ewerson.

Can`non*ade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n. Cannonading.] To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

Can`non*ade", v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.

Can"non bone (?). (Anat.) See Canon Bone.

Can"noned (&?;), a. Furnished with cannon. [Poetic] "Gilbralter's cannoned steep." M. Arnold.

{ Can`non*eer", Can`non*ier" } (?), n. [F. canonnier.] A man who manages, or fires, cannon.

Can`non*er"ing, n. The use of cannon. Burke.

Can"non*ry (?), n. Cannon, collectively; artillery.

The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country.

W. Irving.

Can"not (?). [Can to be able + -not.] Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.

Can"nu*la (?), n. [L. cannula a small tube of dim. of canna a reed, tube.] (Surg.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar. [Written also canula.]

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