Webster's Dictionary 1828

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CANDLEMAS

CANDLEMAS, noun The feast of the church celebrated on the second day of February, in honor of the purification of the Virgin Mary; so called from the great number of lights used...

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CANDLES-ENDS

CANDLES-ENDS, noun Scraps; fragments.

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CANDOC

CANDOC, noun A plant or weed tha grows in rivers.

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CANDOR

CANDOR, noun Openness of heart; frankness; ingenuousness of mind; a disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from tricks or disguise; sincerity.

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CANDY

CANDY, verb transitive1. To conserve or dress with sugar; to boil in sugar.2. To from into congelations or crystals.3. To cover or incrust with congelations, or crystals of ice....

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CANDY-TUFTS

CANDY-TUFTS, noun1. A plant, the Iberis.2. A Cretan flower.

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CANDYING

CANDYING, participle present tense Conserving with sugar.CANDYING, noun The act of preserving simples in substance, by boiling them in sugar.

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CANE

CANE, noun1. In botany, this term is applied to several species of plants belonging to several species of plants belonging to different genera, such as Arundo, Calamus, Saccharu...

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CANE-BRAKE

CANE-BRAKE, noun A thicket of canes.

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CANE-HOLE

CANE-HOLE, noun A hole or trench for planting the cuttings of cane, on sugar plantations.

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CANE-TRASH

CANE-TRASH, noun Refuse of canes, or macerated rinds of cane, reserved for fuel to boil the cane-juice.

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CANESCENT

CANESCENT, adjective Growing white or hoary.

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CANICULA

CANICULA,CANICULAR, adjective Pertaining to the dog-star.

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CANICULAR

CANICULAR, a. Pertaining to the dog-star.

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CANICULE

CANICULE, noun A star in the constellation of Canis Major, called also the dog-star, or Sirius; a star of the first magnitude, and the largest and brightest of all the fixed sta...

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CANINE

CANINE, adjective Pertaining to dogs; having the properties or qualities of a dog; as a canine appetite, insatiable hunger; canine madness, or hydrophobia.CANINE teeth are two s...

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CANING

CANING, noun A beating with a stick or cane.

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CANISTER

CANISTER, noun Properly, a small basket, as in Dryden; but more generally, a small box or case, for tea, coffee, etc.

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CANKER

CANKER, noun1. A disease incident to trees, which causes the bark to rot and fall.2. A popular name of certain small eroding ulcers in the mouth, particularly of children. They ...

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CANKER-FLY

CANKER-FLY, noun A fly that preys on fruit.

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CANKER-LIKE

CANKER-LIKE, adjective Eating or corrupting like a canker.

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CANKER-WORM

CANKER-WORM, noun A worm, destructive to trees or plants. In America, this name is given to a worm that, in some years, destroys the leaves and fruit of apple trees. This animal...

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CANKERBIT

CANKERBIT, adjective Bitten with a cankered or envenomed tooth.

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CANKERED

CANKERED, participle passive1. Corrupted.2.adjective Crabbed; uncivil.

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CANKEREDLY

CANKEREDLY, adverb Crossly; adversely.

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CANKEROUS

CANKEROUS, adjective Corroding like a canker.

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CANKERY

CANKERY, adjective Rusty