Dictionary entry

Can (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Can (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Canned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Canning.] To preserve by putting in sealed cans “Canned meats” W. D. Howells.

Canned goods, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.