canker we edt (kangkerwed)

An old name of the plant ragwort. canker-worm (kang'kėr-werm), n. A name given to certain caterpillars which are very destructive to fruit and shade-trees. The spring canker- worm, Anisopteryx vernata, is found in the United IMG:content-3033.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] Spring Canker-worm (Anisopteryx vernata). Fig. 1. a, full-grown larva; b, egg, enlarged (natural size shown in small ma at the side); c, d , one joint, enlarged, side and dorsal views. Fig. 2. a , b , male and female moths, both natural size; c, joints of antenna of female moth; d , joint of her abdomen, showing spines; e, her ovipositor. (c, d, and e enlarged.) States from Maine to Texas. The eggs are deposited upon trees. The larvæ, after feeding upon the foliage for about a month, sometimes entirely destroying it, descend by threads to the ground, in which they burrow and undergo transformation, the moths i uing in April, or sometimes in March. The male is winged, but the female is wingle , and is obliged to climb up the tree-trunk in order to deposit her eggs. Hence, an obstructive bandage, oil trough, or tarred band placed about trees is a common mode of protecting them. The fall canker- worm, Aniso pteryx pometaria, is more distinctively a northern species. The moths i ue mainly in the fall, and the eggs are exposed. See geometrid, measurer, and span - worm. And oft he lets his cancker - wormes light Upon my braunches, to worke me more spight. Spenser , Shep. Cal., February. That which the locust hath left hath the canker - worm eaten, Joel i. 4. IMG:content-3034.png:[blocks in formation] kennel2 , and canalı , doublets of cannell.] 1. A channel; a stream of water; the bed of a stream. Thei grutch i den agens this water, and dronken podel Wyclif , Select Works (ed. Arnold), II. 335. Again he did the waters ga, Til thair canels that thai comen fra. Canels or pipes wynes forth to lede Into the vat. cannal (kan'ä), n. [L., a reed, cane: see canel .] 21. A conduit; a pipe. 1. [ cap .] [NL.] A genus of reed-like plants, natural order Marantaceæ , several species of which are known by the name of Indian shot, from their round, shining, hard, heavy seeds. They are natives of the tropics, and there are many spe- cies and varieties in cultivation for their singular showy IMG:content-3035.png:[blocks in formation] Indian Shot ( Canna Indica ). a , foliage; b , flower; c , fruit, dehiscing. flowers and very ornamental foliage. The common In- dian shot of gardens is C. Indica . The rootstocks are farinaceous, and the tuberous roots of some species are used as a vegetable. A species cultivated in the West In- So now thou hatz thi hert holle, hitte me bihou[e]s; Halde the now the hyze hode, that Arthur the razt, & kepe thy kanel at this kest, if hit keuer may. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2298. 4. The lowest part of the edge of a tool, which has received the finishing; the finishing bevel of a knife, ax, or other edged tool. It [a pocket-knife] must be held [in honing] at an angle of 20 to 25 degrees, and have an edge similar to a chisel. This is technically called the cannel , and is marked on all new knives by a fine white line, which does not remove or touch the polished surface. A Trade Circular , 1887. 5. [ v .] A style of weaving, making a corded or rep ti ue. E. H. Knight . cannell (kan'el), v. t. [F. canneler , formerly caneler, caneller , channel, flute, groove, canel , a channel, groove: see cannell , n., and cf. chan- nell, v.] To channel; groove; chamfer. Jamie- cannel2+ (kan'el), n. [Early mod. E. also canel , canel , canele, canelle = MD. D. kaneel = MLG. kannēl , LG. kaneel , kneel = late MHG. kanēl , G. cancel , kanel = Sw. Dan. kanel , canela = Pg. ca- nela, canella = It. canella , now cannella , ML. canella, cannella , cinnamon, so called from the form of a roll or quill which it a umes in dry- ing, lit. a little pipe (OF. canelle , F. cannelle , a quill, faucet, cock, spout, etc.), dim. of (L.) can a , canna (OF. cane , F. canne , etc.), a cane, reed: see canel , and cf. cannon .] Cinnamon. In Arabia is store, mir and canel . Trevis a , tr. of Higden's Poly chronic on, I. 99. as of gyngevere, clowe-gylo- Mandeville , Travels, p. 187. 4. A linear measure in use in some parts of cannel a-wood, n. Same as canella - wood . Italy. Its length varies from 44 to 118 inches, accord cannel-coal, candle-coal (kan'el-, kan'dl-kōl), Cannabineæ (kan-a-bin'ē-ē), n . pl . [NL., -eæ . ] In some cla ific a- tions, a suborder of plants, of the natural order Urticaceæ; the hemp family as a suborder. Cannabis (kan'a-bis), n. [L., = E. hemp , q. v.] A genus of urticaceous plants, of a single spe- n. A highly bituminous coal, very compact, and burning readily with a bright flame. It is not so distinctly stratified as ordinary bituminous coal, but breaks into more or le regularly formed cubical frag- ments. The term is said to be applied to coals of this kind because they burn like a candle. See coal. Also written canal- coal , kennel -coal. also a cannibal, savage, > E. Caribbee : see Carib . In the Carib tongue the word is said to have signified 'a valiant man.'] I. n. 1. A human being who eats human flesh; a human man- eater or anthropophagite. That face of his the hungry cannibals Would not have touch'd. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. Is there anything here to eat But one another, like a race of cannibals ? Fletcher, Rule a Wife, iii. 2. Hence-2. Any animal that eats the flesh of members of its own or kindred species. cannibally (kan'i-bal-i), adv . In the manner of a cannibal: as, " cannibally given" (addiet- ed to cannibalism), Shak . , Cor., iv. 5. [Rare.] cannie, a. and adv . See canny. cannikin (kan'i-kin), n. [ IMG:content-3036.png:[graphic] IMG:content-3037.png:[blocks in formation] cannel lated (kan'e-la-ted), a. [ arch ., channeled or fluted: cannionst, n. pl. See cannon, n., 7. as, " cannel lated pilasters," C. C. Perkins , I talc ann i pert (kan'i-pėr), n. A corruption of cal i- ian Sculpture, Int., p. xlvii. flute: see cannell , v.] 1. A groove or channel on a decorative surface, as the channeling on Doric columns. Much of the decoration of the eigh- teenth century is in scroll-formed or spiral cannelures. 2. A rectangular groove cut around the cylin- drical part of a bullet to contain the lubricant, which consists generally of bayberry tallow or Japan wax. There may be from 3 to 5 cannelures; there are 3 in the United States regulation bullet. The lubri- See cut under cartridge. cant prevents leading and fouling of the bore in firing. cannelure (kan'e-lūr), v . t .; pret. and pp. canne- lured , ppr. canneluring . [ cannelure, n.] To form a groove or channel on: as, a cannelured bullet. cannequin (kan'e-kin), n. [F., also canequin ; origin unknown.] White cotton cloth from the East Indies. E. H. Knight. canneries (-riz). [ IMG:content-3038.png:[blocks in formation] thicket of reeds. Can netes olde eke tyme is no we to wede And of to kytte it that thaire root uneseth. cannon weight of the shot fired: as, a 32-pounder; (2) by the diameter of the bore: as, a 12-inch gun; or (3) by the weight of the gun itself: as, an 8-hundredweight gun; a 25-ton gun. Before the introduction of armor-plating, the naval guns in use in line-of-battle ships and frigates were 68-pounders (95 hundredweight), 8-inch shell-guns (65 hundredweight), IMG:content-3039.png:[blocks in formation] Steel Field-gun (Army). K 793 The first [torpedo] struck one of the iron-clads just abaft the fore-chains,... did not explode, but cannoned off as it were to the shore. N. A. Rev. , CXXVII. 386. The train sent her violently forward against a woman, from whom she cannoned off against the brick-layer. Mi Toosey's Mi ion , p. 80. cannonade (kan-on-ad'), n. [= G. canonade , kanonade, canonnade (= Pg. canhonada = It. cannon at a), A , tube; B , jacket; C , elliptical chamber; trunnion-ring; 1, Freire gas-check or obturator; CK, bore. and 32-pounders (42 to 58 hundredweight). Now ships are spoken of as armed with 64, 12, 18, 25-, 38-, etc., ton guns, the 18-ton gun throwing 400-pound projectiles, and the 25ton gun 600-pound, and so on, the weight of the ball rising with the weight of the piece. Cannon weighing more than 100 tons have recently been constructed. The 100-ton gun is charged with 340 pounds of powder, and discharges a bolt of steel or chilled iron weighing 2,000 pounds. Cannon of the smaller calibers are mounted on wheeled carriages for service as field-pieces. In the United States army the guns in service are 8-, 10-, 13-, 15-, and 20-inch smooth-bore Rodman guns, and 3-, 3.2, 4.5-, 8-, and 12-inch rifled guns. The American 8-inch rifled gun is the 10-inch Rodman smooth-bore, lined with a coiled wrought-iron or steel tube. The 3.2-inch gun is a steel field-piece. In the United States navy, 6-, 8-, 10-, 12-, and 13-inch steel guns have been adopted for cruisers of recent design. The principal parts of a cannon are: 1st, the breech, which is the ma of solid metal behind the bottom or end of the bore, and extending to the base-ring; 2d, in muzzle-loading cannon, the cascabel, a projection in rear of the base-ring, including the knob, the spherical part between the knob and the base-ring being called the base of the breech; 3d, the reinforce, the thickest part of the cylinder, extending from the base-ring forward; 4th, the trunnions, which project on each side, and serve to support the cannon; 5th, the bore or caliber, the interior of the cylinder, wherein the powder and shot are lodged, and which may be smooth or rifled, though rifled cannons have virtually superseded the smooth-bores; 6th, the muzzle or mouth of the bore. Cannon are often made so as to be loaded at the breech, various devices being employed to effect this object. Cannon were formerly cla ed as whole cannons, dem i-cannons, culverins, sakers, etc., but are now cla ified as guns, howitzers, carronades, and mortars; also as field-, mountain-, coast-, sea-, and siege-guns. See gun. 2. In mach., a hollow cylindrical piece through which a revolving shaft pa es, and which may revolve independently, and with a greater or le speed than that of the shaft. Such, for example, is the prolongation of the eye of a wheel when bored to fit a spindle or shaft on which it is intended A IMG:content-3040.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-3041.png:[blocks in formation] 3. That part of a bit let into the horse's mouth. Also canon, cannon- bit, canon- bit. -4. The cannon-bone.-5. The ear or loop of a bell by which it is suspended. Also spelled canon. Church bells used always to be hung by 6 long ears, called canons, which cut a large piece out of the stock, and weakened it very much. Sir E. Beckett , Clocks and Watches, p. 368. 6. In surg ., an instrument used in sewing up wounds.-7t. pl . Ornamental rolls which terminated the breeches or hose at the knee. Min sheu , 1617. Also written canions , cannions , and IMG:content-3042.png:[blocks in formation] 8. [ of eight, cannon with a 7-or 8-inch bore. The latter was termed a cannon royal (which see, below). In the morning come Mr. Chichly to Sir W. Coventry, to tell him the ill succe of the guns made for the Loyall London; which is, that in the trial every one of the great guns, the whole cannon of seven, as I take it, broke in pieces. Pepys , Diary, II. 404. Cannon royal, a cannon or big gun formerly in use. It weighed 8,000 pounds, and was 12 feet long, the diameter of the bore being 8 inches. It carried a charge of 32) pounds of powder, and a ball weighing 48 pounds. Also called cannon of eight (that is, 8-inch bore). E. Phillips, 1706.- Rifled cannon, or rifle cannon, a piece of ordnance in the surface of whose bore spiral grooves or rifles are cut to impart rotation to the projectile.