CAMPHORACEOUS-CAN.

tat. It consists of carbon 79.28; hydrogen 1034; oxygen 10.37. Camphora flores, the lives of camphor, the subtile substance which irst cends during the sublimation of camphor. Campore fores compositi, the compound flowers fahr; camphor sublimed with benzoin. CAMPHORACEOUS, kam-fo-ra'shus, a. Pertaining ampher; of the nature of camphor.

AFBORATE, kam fo-rate, s. A compound, of ich camphoric acid is an ingredient;-v. a. to pregnate with camphor. CAMPBORATED, kam fo-ray-ted, a. Impregnated with caropher.

CAPHORIC ACID, kam-for'ik as'sid, s. An acid firmed by being camphor in nitric acid. It conof 1 atom of camphor and 4 of oxygen; or arben 60, hydrogen 8, and oxygen 5. CAMPHOR LAUREL, kam'fur law'rel, s. The Laurus camphora of Japan.

CAFEOR OIL, kam'far oyl, s. The liquid which ades from the Dryobalanops camphor of Sumatra and Borneo.

CAMPHOROSMA, kam-fo-ros'ma, s. (camphora, campr, Lat. and ome, smell, Gr.) A genus of pas natives of the south of Europe: Order, Cherepodiaces.

CAMPHOR TREE, kam fur tre, s. The Dryobalanops caphora of Sumatra and Borneo. CAMPING, kamp'ing, s. at football.

A local term for playing

CAMPION, kam'pe-on, s. The Cucubalus bacciferus of Lincus, a British perennial herb found in tedges: Order, Caryophyllaceæ. CAMPOSCIA, kamp-o'zhe-a, 8. A genus of Decapod Crustaceans: Family, Brachyura. CAMPSIA, kamp'se-a, 8. A genus of Coleopterous

ects: Family, Stenelytra.

CAMPTOCERUS, kam-tos'e-rus, s. (kampto, I bend, and keras, a horn, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous cts: Family, Xylophagi, or Woodeaters. CAMPTODONTUS, kam-to-don'tus, s. (kampto, and odus, a tooth, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous mects: Tribe, Carabidæ. CAMPTORHYNCHUS, kam-to-ring'kus, s. (kampto, I bend, and rhynchos, a snout, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterons insects: Family, Rhynchophora. CAMP VINEGAR, kamp vin'e-gur, s. A preparamade by steeping in vinegar, for a month, three ounces of Cayenne pepper, two table-spoonfals of soy and four of walnut ketchup, six chopped anchovies and a small clove of garlic, finely minced; to be shaken frequently, strained, and then bottled. CAMPYLANTHUS, kam-pe-lan' thus, 8. (kampylos, a arve, and anthos, a flower, Gr.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Teneriffe: Order, Primulaceæ. CAMPYLOMYZA, kam-pe-lo- miʼza, s. (kampylos, bent, myzo, I suck, Gr.) A genus of Dipterous insects: Family, Nemocera.

CAMPYLOPTERUS, kam-pe-lop'ter-us, s. (kampylos, beat, and pteron, a wing, Gr.) A genus of birds: Family, Trochilidae, or Humming-birds. CAMPYLUS, kam'pe-lus, 8. (kampylos, Gr.) A genus of Coleopterous insects: Tribe, Elaterides. CAXr8-See Camis.

- CAYWOOD, kam'wood, s. A red dyewood of a very fe colour, obtained from a tree principally found in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone. It is chietly used for knife-handles and similar articles. CAN, kan, s. (canna, Sax. kan, Dut.) A cup or ressel for liquors;—v. n. (cunnan, Sax. to be able,

CANADIAN-CANCER.

konnen, to know, Dut.) past, could; to be able; to have power;-v. a. to know; to understand.— In this sense obsolete.

Seemeth thy flocke thy counsell can.-Spenser. And can you these tongues perfectly?-Beau. & Flet.

CANADIAN, ka-na'de-an, a. Relating to Canada ;—

s. a native or inhabitant of Canada.

CANAILLE, ka-nale', 8. (French.) The lowest of the people; the dregs; the lees; the degraded offsconrings of society. A little cup. CANAKIN, kan'a-kin, 8.

And let me the canakin clink.-Shaks. CANAL, ka-nal', s. (canalis, Lat.) An artificial channel of water, provided with locks and sluices, adapted to the easy conveyance of goods and passengers in boats or barges; also, sometimes for the purpose of irrigation, and the supplying of towns with water. In Anatomy, a duct or passage in the body of an animal, through which any of the juices flow, or other substances pass.

CANAL COAL.-See Candle or Cannel Coal.

CANALICULATE, kan-a-lik'u-late, La. (canaCANALICULATED, kan-a-lik'u-lay-ted, Sliculatus, Lat.) Channelled; having a long furrow; applied to the leaves and pods of plants. In Conchology, a groove or gutter occurring in different parts of certain spiral univalves, belonging to the zoophagous Mollusca, fitted for the protrusion of the long cylindrical siphon possessed by these animals. CANALIS, ka-na'lis, s. (canna, a reed, Lat.) A canal. C. arteriosus, a blood-vessel which unites the pulmonary artery and aorta, in the fœtus. C. venosus, a canal which conveys the blood from the vena porta of the liver to the ascending vena cava, in the fœtus. C. petitianus, a triangular cavity, formed by the separation of the anterior lamina of the crystaline lens from the posterior. CANARINA, kan-a-rin'a, s. (from its being a native of the Canaries.) A genus of perennial herbs: Order, Campanulaceæ, or Bell-flowers. CANARY, ka-na're, s. The name given to a common favourite cage-bird, from its being a native of the Canary Islands; also, an old term for wine made in the Canary Islands, now called sack; an old dance-used by Shakspere as a verb.

But to jig off a tune at the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet.-Shaks.

CANARY-GRASS, ka-na're-gras, s. Phalaris canariensis, a plant chiefly cultivated at Sandwich, in Kent. Canary-seed, the seed of Phalaris canariensis, extensively used as food for singing-birds. CANAVALIA, kan-a-va ́le-a, s. (canavali, its Malabar name.) A genus of papilionaceous Leguminous plants: Tribe, Phoseoleæ.

CANCEL, kan'sil, v. a. (cunceller, Fr.) To mark with cross lines any writing, and deface them; to obliterate or efface; to annul;-v. n. to become annulled.-Obsolete.

CANCELLARIA, kan-sel-la're-a, s. (cancellatus, cross-barred, Gr.) A genus of univalve Testacea, belonging to Swainson's subfamily Scolyminæ, in which the shell is turbinate, scabrous, and generally reticulated; the spire and aperture nearly equal, and the body ventricose. CANCELLATED, kan'sel-lay-ted, a. marked with lines crossing each other. CANCELLATION, kan-sel-la'shun, s.

Cross-barred;

The act of

expunging or defacing by cross lines. CANCER, kan'sur, s. (cancer, a crab, Lat.)

In

CANCILLA, kan-sil'la, s. (cancelli, lattice-work, Lat.) In Conchology, a genus of univalves, in which the spire and aperture are of nearly equal length; the whorls crossed by transverse linear ribs, crossed with transverse striæ and bands: belonging to the subfamily Mitrana: Family, Volutinæ, volutes.

CANCRIFORM, kang'kre-fawrm, ɑ. Cancerous; in the form of a cancer.

CANCRINE, kang'krin, a. (cancer, a crab, Lat.) Having the qualities of a crab.

CANCROMA, kan-kro'ma, s. A genus of Wadingbirds, of the habits of the heron, in which the bill is short, excessively broad, and boat-shaped; Family, Ardeada.

CANDELABRUM, kan-de-la'brum, s. (Latin.) A candlestick with branches; a stand or support on which the ancients placed a lamp. CANDENT, kan'dent, a. (candens, Lat.) Hot; in the highest degree of heat, next to fusion. CANDICANT, kan'de-kant, a. Growing white;

whitish.

CANDID, kan'did, a. (candidus, Lat.) Fair; open; ingenuous; free from bias or partiality in the declaration of an opinion; frank; free from malice; white. In this last sense obsolete, but used by Dryden and others.

The box receives all black: but, pour'd from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence.Dryden. CANDIDATE, kan'de date, s. (candidatus, Lat.) A person who seeks or aspires to an office; a competitor; one who is on trial for a situation; a probationer-v. a. to make a candidate; to render fit as a candidate.-Obsolete as a verb. CANDIDLY, kan'did-le, ad. Fairly; without trick or disreputable means; ingenuously. CANDIDNESS, kan'did-nes, a.

purity of mind; fairness.

Openness of temper;

CANDIFY, kan'de-fi, v. a. (candifacio, Lat.) To make white; to whiten.

CANDLE, kan'dl, s. (candela, Lat. Span. and Ital. candel, Sax.) A small cylindrical body, made from tallow, bleached bees' wax, spermaceti, or the concrete parts of cocoa-nut oil, formed on a wick, and used as a portable light for domestic purposes; light; a luminary.

By these bless'd candles of the night.-Shaks. CANDLE-BOMB, kan'dl-bum, s. A small glass bubble filled with water, the stalk of which being put

CANDLE-CANE-BRAKE.

through the wick of a burning candle, producc

steam, and then explodes.

CANDLE COAL, kan'dl kole, 8. (from candle, ow CANNEL COAL, kan'nel kole, ing to the clear ligh it emits when burning.) Candle, or cannel coal is a bituminous substance, next in purity to jet It is black, opaque, compact, and brittle, breakin; with a conchoidal fracture. Cannel coal does no soil the fingers when handled, is susceptible o polish, and is capable, like jet, of being worked into trinkets and ornaments. The difference be tween jet and cannel coal appears to consist entirely in the presence or absence of foreign earthy matters. When these are absent, or exist in minute proportion only, the bituminous mass is sc light as to float on water, and then the term jet is properly applicable; but when the presence of foreign earthy matters is considerable, and the mass is specifically heavier than water, and does not readily manifest electric properties, it is, with more propriety, termed cannel coal.

CANDLEMAS, kan'dl-mas, s. (candelmasse, Sax.)

The festival observed on the second of February, in commemoration of the purification of the Virgin Mary. It is borrowed from the practice of the ancient Christians, who, on that day, used an abundance of lights in their churches and processions, in memory, it is alleged, of Christ being, on that day, declared by Simeon to be a light to lighten the Gentiles.' In Scotland, candlemas is made one of the four terms of the year for paying or receiving rents.

CANDLESTICK, kan dl-stik, s. An instrument that holds a candle.

CANDLE-STUFF, kan'dl-stuf, s. The materials of which candles are made.-See Candle. CANDLE-WASTER, kan'dl-wast'ur, s. A spendthrift; one who wastes or consumes candles. term is applied by old writers to a drunkard, and in a contemptuous manner to a scholar.

The

Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk with candle-wasters. - Shaks.

A bookworm, a candle-iraster.—Ben Jonson. CANDLE-WICK, kan'dl-wik, s. The cotton threads placed in the centre of a candle.

CANDOLLEA, kan-dol le-a, s. (in honour of Aug. Pr. de Candolle, Geneva.) A genus of Australian plants: Order, Dilleniaces.

CANDOUR, kan'dur, s. (candor, Lat.) Purity of mind; openness; ingenuousness; freedom from bias or partiality; honest in the declaration of opinion.

CANDY, kan'de, r. a. (candire, Ital.) To conserve with sugar; to form into congellations; to incrust with congellations or crystals;-r. n. to become congealed, or take on the form of candied sugar: -8. a large East Indian weight, equal to 500 ibs. at Madras, and 560 lbs. at Bombay. CANDY-SUGAR, kan'de-shug'ur, s. of sugar melted and crystalized several times, till it is rendered hard and transparent. CANDY TUFT, kan'de tuft, s. Iberis, a genus of plants: Order, Cruciferæ.

A preparation

CANE, kane, s. A reed of the palm kind, the chief

of which are the bamboo and rattan; a walkingstick; a lance or dart inde of cane ;-v. a. to beat with a cane or walking-staff. CANE-BRAKE, kane brake, 8. of plants: Order, Gramineæ.

Arundinaria, a genus

CANELLA CANKERY.

CANELLA, ka-nella, s. (Dim. of canna, a reed, Lat. f the rolled up forin of its bark.) A genus of pants: Order, Guttiferæ.

PANISCENT, ka-nes'sent, a. (from canesco, I grow by Lat) Growing white or hoary CASTS-VENATICI, kaʼnis-ve-nat'e-se, s. The Hounds or Grey-bocads, a northern constellation. They an bid in a string by Bootes, and are surrounded by Bootes, Coma Berenices, and Ursa Major. W-Book. kan hook, 8. An instrument used to

ing or lift casks.

ANETLA, ka-nik'u-la, s. (canicula, Lat.) A star CANICULE, kan'e-kule, in the constellation Canis Mar; termed also the Dog-star, or Sirius. CANICULAR, ka-nik'n-lar, a. (canicularis, Lat.) Beinging to the Dog-star; hot in a great degree, as in the dog-days.

CANICULAR DAYS, ka-nik'u-lar daze, 8. Usually aled dog-days, a certain number of days precedand ensuing the heliacal rising of the Canicula, or the Dog-star, in the morning, which were formerly the days of the greatest heat. Canicular ger, the Egyptian natural year, which was compated from one heliacal rising of the Canicula to an

CASINE ka-nine', a. (caninus, Lat.) Relating to, partaking of, the nature of a dog. Canine apphunger which cannot be appeased. Canine fer two sharp-edged teeth in each jaw, one on each side, placed between the incisores and molares. CASING, kaning, &. A beating with a cane or stick. (ANIS MAJOR, kaʼnis ma jur, 8. The Greater Dog, & constellation of the southern hemisphere, which antains Sirius, the brightest star in the heavens; called also the Dog-star.

CANS MINOR, ka'nis mi'nur, s. The Lesser Dog, & constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated shove the Greater Dog, and distinguished by a remarkable star of the first magnitude, Procyon. CANISTER, kan is-tur, s. (canistrum, Lat.) A little be or case for tea or coffee; a small basket: used Dryden in the latter sense.

White lilies in full canisters they bring.-Dryden. CANKER, kang kur, 8. (cancre, cancere, Sax.) A disease incident to trees, which makes the bark Fot and fall, proceeding chiefly from the nature of the soul. In Farriery, an obstinate disease of a horse's foot, originating in a neglected thrush, which spreads from the fleshy or sensible frog to the fleshy or sensible sole, and from thence to the elastic membranes or laminæ, and other parts of the foot; a virulent corroding ulcer; anything wich corrupts or consumes;-v. n. to grow corript; to decay by some corrosive or virulent prinp. a. to corrupt; to corrode; to infect; to poutte.

Bitten with an en

CANKER-BIT, kang kur-bit, a. venamed tooth. CANKERED, kang kurd, a. Crabbed; uncourteous;

Crossly; ad

Corroding, or

maril CANKEREDLY, kang kurd-le, ad. persely, CASKER-LIKE, kang kur-like, a. destructive like a canker. CANKEROUS, kang kur-us, a. Eating in, or wasting like a canker.

CANKERWORM, kan'kur-wurm, s. The larva of an insect which preys upon the bud or germ of a

CASKERY, kang kur-e, a. Rusty; surly.

CANNA-CANOE.

CANNA, kan'na, s. (kanna, a reed, Gr.) The Indian Shot, a genus of plants: Order, Marantaceæ. The Cannæ or Cannes, and Cannaceæ, of other botanists. Also, the name of a cloth measure in Italy, Spain, the south of France, and other places. CANNABINE, kan'na-bine, a. Hempen; pertaining to hemp.

CANNABIS, kan'na-bis, 8. Hemp, a genus of plants, type of the natural order Cannabaceæ, or Hemp

worts.

CANNEÆ. See Marantace.
CANNEQUIN, kan'ne-kwin, s. A kind of white
cotton cloth made in the East Indies.
CANNIBAL, kan'ne-bal, s.

A person who eats human flesh; an anthropophagite. CANNIBALISM, kan'ne-bal-izm, 8. The act of eating human flesh; the character or conduct of a cannibal.

CANNIBALLY, kan'ne-bal-le, ad. In the manner of a cannibal.

CANNON, kan'nun, s. (canon, Fr.) A piece of ordnance, or a heavy metallic gun, for projecting balls, shells, &c., by the force of gunpowder. The cannon-bone of a horse is the bone between the knee and fetlock joint of the fore leg, and the hock and fetlock joint of the hind leg; cannonmouth of a bit, a round long piece of iron, consisting of two pieces that couple and bend in the middle, and sometimes only one piece that does not bend: its use is to manage and keep the horse in subjection.

cannon.

CANNONADE, kan-nun-ade', s. The application of artillery to the purposes of war; the discharging cannon-balls, &c., against an army, fortress, or ship, that it is meant to destroy;-v. a. to batter or attack with cannon shot;-v. n. to discharge CANNON-BALL, kan'nun-bawl, s. A ball generally made of cast-iron, to be thrown from cannon. CANNON-BALL TREE, kan'nun-bawl tre, s. A name given to the South American genus of trees, Lecythis, from the large globular shape of the fruit, the seeds of which are edible, and used as food by monkeys.

CANNONEER,) kan-nun-neer', s. The engineer who
CANNONIER, manages the cannon.
CANNONING, kan'nun-ing, s. The noise, as it were,

of a cannon.

The loud cannoning of thunderbolts,

Screeking of wolves, howling of tortur'd ghosts,
Pursue thee still.-Brewer.

CANNON-PROOF, kan'nun-proof, s. Impervious to

the shot of cannon; safety. CANNON-SHOT, kan'nun-shot, s. The ball discharged from a cannon; the distance which shot can be thrown from a cannon. CANNOT, kan'not, v. n. (can and not.) To be unable.

CANNULAR, kan'nu-lar, a. (canna, a reed or pipe, Lat.) Tubular; resembling a tube.

CANNY, kan'ne, a. A word of common use in Scotland, signifying cautious, inoffensive; and, in some parts of the north of England, a frequent expression applied to a neat, nice, or housewifely woman, and sometimes for a clever or smart man. It may be referred, perhaps, to cunning-intelligent, knowing; or from the Saxon cunnan, whence our old verb can, to know.

CANOE, kan-noo', s. (canot, Fr. canoa, Span.) A small boat, made of the trunk of a tree hollowed

CANON-CANOPIED.

out, and sometimes also of pieces of bark fastened together, and generally propelled by paddles. CANON, kan'un, s. (Gr. Sax.) A rule or law of doctrine or discipline; a code of ecclesiastical laws. Canon of scripture are those genuine books of the sacred writings which serve for a rule of faith and practice. Canon law, a collection of ecclesiastical constitutions for the regulation and polity of the Church of Rome, consisting, for the most part, of ordinances of general and provincial councils, decrees promulgated by the popes with the sanction of the cardinals, and decretal epistles and bulls of the popes. Secular and regular canons, originally an order of religious persons, who lived under rules they prescribed to themselves: the Secular, so called because they went abroad in the world, and performed spiritual offices to the laity, while the Regular canons secluded themselves under one roof. Canon, in the Church of England, a person in possession of a prebend, or revenue, for the performance of cathedral service. In Music, a kind of perpetual fugue, in which the different parts, beginning one after another, repeat incessantly the same air. In Arithmetic and Geometry, a general rule for resolving all cases of the same kind. In Surgery, an instrument used in sewing up wounds. Canon type, a large sort of printing letter, probably so called from being first used in printing a book of canons.

CANONESS, kan'un-nes, s. A woman who enjoys a prebend, without being obliged to live in seclusion or make any vows. CANONIC, ka-non'ik, CANONICAL, ka-non'e-kal,

a. (canonicus, Lat.) According to the canon, or partaking of the nature of a rule. Canonical scripture, are those books or epistles that are deemed of divine origin by the canons of the church; canonical hours, stated times of the day set apart for devotional purposes; canonical sins, in the ancient church, such offences as were deemed capital, as idolatry, murder, heresy, schism, &c.; canonical obedience, the submission enjoined on the inferior clergy to the canons of the church and their bishops; canonical punishments, such as the church may inflict, as excommunication, penance, &c.; canonical life, the rule of life prescribed by the ancient clergy who lived in community. CANONICALLY, ka-non ́e-kal-le, ad. In a manner agreeable to the canon. CANONICALNESS, ka-non'e-kal-nes, s. of being canonical. CANONICALS, ka-non'e-kalz, s. pl.

The quality

A term applied

to the full dress of a clergyman. CANONICATE, ka-non'e-kate, s. The office and dignity of a canon.

CANONIST, kan'un-nist, s. A person skilled in

ecclesiastical law; a professor of canon law. CANONISTIC, kan-nun-is'tik, a. Belonging to a

canonist.

Covered with a canopy.

CANOPUS-CANTHARIS.

CANOPUS, kan'o-pus, s. A genus of Hemipterou insects: Family, Geocorisa. CANOPY, kan'o-pe, s. (kanopeion, Gr.) An orna mented covering over a throne or bed; in its extended signification, any covering which affords protection from above. In Architecture, the label or projecting roof that surrounds the arches and heads of Gothic niches ;-v. a. to cover with a

canopy.

CANOROUS, ka-no'rus, a. (canorus, Lat.) Musical; tuneful. CANOROUSNESS, ka-no'rus-nes, s. Musicalness. CANT, kant, s. (canto, Lat.) A quaint or affected manner of speaking; hackneyed phrases applied improperly; a whining, formal pretension to goodness; a singing form of speaking, peculiar to some professions; a call for bidders at a public sale of goods; a corrupt dialect; a sudden jerk ;—(kant, Dut.) an external angle or corner of a building. Cant-moulding, & moulding with a levelled surface; -. n. to talk in the jargon of particular professions, or in any kind of affected, studied tone of voice;-. a. to turn over by a sudden thrust or jerk.

CANTALILE, kan'ta-bil, s. A graceful melodious

CANTATA, kan-ta'ta, s. (Italian.) In Music, a song or composition, intermixed with recitatives, airs, and different movements. CANTATION, kan-ta'shun, s. The act of singing.— Cbsolete. CANTEEN, kan-teen', s. A small vessel made of tinplate or wood, in which soldiers, when on the march or in the field, carry their liquor; also, the name of the tavern attached to a barrack. CANTER, kan'tur, v. n. To gallop easily or gently; -r. a. to ride upon a canter;-s. a slow gallop, slower than a full trot; a whining, hypocritical protender to religion; a formalist. CANTERBURY-BELL, kan'tur-ber-re-bel, s. The white flowery Bell-flower, Campanula ficrealbo. CANTERBURY-GALLOP, kan'tur-b r-re-gallop, 8. The hand-gallop of a horse, commonly called a canter; said to be derived from pilgrims riding to Canterbury on easy ambling horses. CANTERBURY-TALE, kan'tur-ber-re-tale, s. A term

denoting any fabulous or exaggerated narrative: so called from the Canterbury tales of Chaucer. CANTHAPLEURA, kan-tha-plu'ra, s. (kantha, and pleura, a side, Gr.) A genus of the Cyclobranchia, or Chitons, in which the mantle is rough, with moveable spines, prickles, setaceous hairs, or granules; plates of the shell the same as in chiton. CANTHARIDLE, kan-tha-rid'e-e, s. (cantharis, one of the genera.) The Cantharides, a family of Coleopterous insects, distinguished by the hooks of the tarsii being deeply cleft; the head is unusually large, wide, and doubled behind. The Cantharides are employed in blister plasters, and, when taken internally, are a powerful but dangerous stimulant. CANTHARIS, kan'tha-ris, s. (Greek.) The Spanish