CANDOUR, kan'dur, _n._ freedom from prejudice or disguise: sincerity:
justice: openness. [L. _candor_, whiteness, from _cand[=e]re_, to be
shining.]
CANDY, kan'di, SUGAR-CANDY, shoog'ar-kan'di, _n._ a sweetmeat made of
sugar: anything preserved in sugar.--_v.t._ to preserve or dress with
sugar: to congeal or crystallise as sugar.--_v.i._ to become
congealed.--_p.adj._ CAN'DIED, encrusted with candy or sugar: (_fig._)
sugared, flattering. [Fr. _candi_, from Ar. _qandah_, candy.]
CANDY, kan'di, _n._ a South Indian weight, generally containing 20 maunds,
about 500 pounds English.--Also CAN'DIE and KAN'DY. [Tamil.]
CANE, k[=a]n, _n._ the stem of one of the smaller palms--the calamus or
rattan, or the larger grasses--bamboo and sugar-cane: a
walking-stick.--_v.t._ to beat with a cane.--_ns._ CANE'-BRAKE, a brake or
thicket of canes; CANE'-CHAIR, a chair made of rattan; CANE'-MILL, a mill
for bruising sugar-canes for the manufacture of sugar; CANE'-S[=U]'GAR,
sugar obtained from the sugar-cane; CANE'-TRASH, refuse of sugar-cane used
for fuel in boiling the juice; C[=A]N'ING, a thrashing with a cane.--_adj._
C[=A]N'Y, made of cane.--MALACCA CANE, a walking-cane made without removing
the bark from the brown-mottled or clouded stem of the palm, _Calamus
Scipionum_, brought from Singapore or Sumatra. [Fr. _canne_--L.
_canna_--Gr. _kann[=e]_, a reed.]
CANELLA, kan-el'a, _n._ a genus of low aromatic trees, one species the
whitewood of wild cinnamon of the West Indies, yielding _canella_ or white
cinnamon bark.
CANEPHOR, kan'e-f[=o]r, _n._ (_archit._) a female figure bearing a basket
on her head. [Gr. _kan[=e]phoros_, one of the bearers upon their heads at
the Panathenaic festival of the baskets containing the sacrificial
implements.]
CANESCENT, ka-nes'ent, _adj._ tending to white: hoary. [L.
_canescens_--_can[=e]re_--_canus_, hoary.]
CANGUE, CANG, kang, _n._ a Chinese portable pillory borne on the shoulders
by petty offenders. [Fr. _cangue_--Port. _cango_, a yoke.]
CANICULAR, ka-nik'[=u]-lar, _adj._ pertaining to the Dog-star (CANIC'ULA)
or to the Dog-days: (_coll._ and _hum._) pertaining to a dog. [L.
_canicularis_, _canicula_, dim. of _canis_, a dog.]
CANINE, ka-n[=i]n', _adj._ like or pertaining to the dog.--CANINE APPETITE,
an inordinate appetite; CANINE LETTER = R; CANINE TEETH, the four
sharp-pointed tearing teeth in most mammals, one on each side of the upper
and lower jaw, between the incisors or cutting teeth and the molars or
grinders. [L. _caninus_, _canis_, a dog.]
CANISTER, kan'is-t[.e]r, _n._ a box or case, usually of tin, for holding
tea, shot, &c.: short for canister-shot, or case-shot.--_n._ CAN'ISTER-SHOT
(same as CASE-SHOT, q.v.). [L. _canistrum_, a wicker-basket; Gr.
_kanastron_--_kann[=e]_, a reed.]
CANITIES, ka-nish'i-[=e]z, _n._ whiteness of the hair.
CANKER, kang'k[.e]r, _n._ an eating sore: a gangrene: a disease in trees,
or in horses' feet: anything that corrupts, consumes, irritates, or
decays.--_v.t._ to eat into, corrupt, or destroy: to infect or pollute: to
make sour and ill-conditioned.--_v.i._ to grow corrupt: to decay.--_adj._
CANK'ERED, corroded: venomous, malignant: soured: crabbed.--_adv._
CANK'EREDLY.--_n._ CANK'EREDNESS.--_adj._ CANK'EROUS, corroding like a
canker.--_n._ CANK'ER-WORM, a worm that cankers or eats into
plants.--_adj._ CANK'ERY, affected with canker: (_Scot._) crabbed. [L.
_cancer_, a crab, gangrene.]
CANNA, kan'na, _n._ a genus of reed-like plants--_Indian shot_: the upright
stem of a candlestick, &c.: the tube by which the wine was taken from the
chalice. [L., a reed.]