CANADIAN, ka-n[=a]'di-an, _adj._ and _n._ pertaining to _Canada_: a native
of Canada.--CANADA BALSAM (see BALSAM).
CANAIGRE, ka-n[=a]'ger, _n._ a Texan dock whose root is used in tanning,
CANAILLE, ka-n[=a]l', _n._ the mob, the vulgar rabble. [Fr., a dog--L.
_canis_.]
CANAKIN. See CANNIKIN.
CANAL, kan-al', _n._ an artificial watercourse for navigation: a duct in
the body for any of its fluids.--_n._ CANAL'-BOAT, a boat for canal
traffic.--_adjs._ CANALIC'ULAR, canal-shaped; CANALIC'ULATE, -D,
channelled, grooved.--_ns._ CANALIC'ULUS (_anat._), a small furrow or
channel; CANALIS[=A]'TION, the construction of canals.--_v.t._ CANAL'ISE,
to make a canal through: to convert into a canal. [L. _canalis_, a
water-pipe.]
CANARD, ka-när', or ka-närd', _n._ an extravagant or lying story. [Fr.,
lit. 'duck.']
CANARY, ka-n[=a]'ri, _n._ a light sweet wine from the _Canary_ Islands: a
bird originally from the Canary Islands: a lively dance.--_adj._
canary-coloured, bright yellow.--_ns._ CAN[=A]'RY-BIRD, a canary: (_slang_)
a jail-bird: a mistress; CAN[=A]'RY-GRASS, a grass of which the seed is
much used as food for canary-birds; CAN[=A]'RY-WOOD, the dark-coloured
timber of two lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira.
CANARESE, kan-a-r[=e]z', _adj._ pertaining to _Canara_ in western
India.--_n._ a native thereof: the language of the Dravidian group, allied
to Telegu.--Also KANARESE'.
CANASTER, ka-nas't[.e]r, _n._ a kind of tobacco, so called from the rush
basket in which it was originally brought from Spanish America. [Sp.
_canastra_--L.--Gr. _kanastron_.]
CAN-CAN, kan-kan, _n._ a dance in some public balls at Paris and elsewhere,
characterised by immodest gestures and postures. [Usually referred to L.
_quamquam_, the pronunciation of which was long hotly disputed in the
French schools; Littré quotes an O. Fr. _caquehan_, a noisy assembly.]
CANCEL, kan'sel, _v.t._ to erase or blot out by crossing with lines: to
annul or suppress, as a printed page, &c.: to obliterate: to frustrate: to
counterbalance or compensate for: to remove equivalent quantities on
opposite sides of an equation:--_pr.p._ can'celling; _pa.p._
can'celled.--_n._ the suppression of a printed page or sheet, the page so
cancelled, or the new one substituted. [Fr. _canceller_--L.
_cancell-[=a]re_, from _cancelli_, railings, lattice-work, dim. of
_cancer_.]
CANCELLI, kan-sel'[=i], _n.pl._ cross-pieces forming a lattice-work or
grating, as in the division between the choir and the body of a church:
(_anat._) reticulations.--_adjs._ CAN'CELLATE, -D, marked latticewise,
reticulated.--_n._ CANCELL[=A]'TION.--_adj._ CAN'CELLOUS. [L., a lattice.]
CANCER, kan's[.e]r, _n._ the name for an important group of malignant
tumours, divided into two groups, _Carcinomata_ and _Sarcomata_, the name
being now strictly used only of the former: a constellation between Gemini
and Leo, and a sign of the zodiac showing the limits of the sun's course
northward in summer: the typical genus of the family _Cancridæ_--_v.i._
CANCER'ATE, to become cancerous.--_ns._ CANCER[=A]'TION; CAN'CERITE, a
petrified crab.--_adj._ CAN'CEROUS, of or like a cancer.--_adv._
CAN'CEROUSLY.--_n._ CAN'CEROUSNESS.--_adjs._ CAN'CRIFORM, CAN'CROID,
crab-like. [L. _cancer_; cog. with Gr. _karkinos_, a crab.]