cangeantt

[OF., ppr. of canger, una ibilated form of changer, change: see change, v.] Changing. Rich gold ti ue, on a ground of green, Where th' art full shuttle rarely did encheck The cangeant colour of a mallard's neck. Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas, The Decay, 1. 107. cangle (kang'gl), v. i.; pret. and pp. cangled, ppr . cangling . [Sc., appar. freq. of cankl , q. v.] 1. To quarrel.-2. To cavil. Jamie son . canglyt, adv . [ cangliche ; cang , a ., + -ly2.] Foolishly. For thu i thet te wummen lokede cangliche o weopmen [on men]. Ancren Riwle , p. 338. can go (käng'ō), n. [Jap.] Same as kago . cangue (kang), n. [ cangue , a wooden collar (accom. to Pg. cang a , a yoke), kang , bear on the shoulders, + kia , a wooden collar worn by criminals.] The name given by foreigners to the Chinese kia, or portable pillory, which persons convicted of certain petty crimes are condemned to kang , or carry on the shoulders, for periods varying from a few days to three months. It consists of a square wooden collar from 20 to 60 pounds in weight, with a round hole for the neck. As it usually measures 3 or 4 feet acro , the convict is unable to reach his mouth or defend himself from insects, and is thus dependent on the good offices of his friends. IMG:content-3027.png:[blocks in formation] canine ( dies caniculares , dog-days): see Canicula .] Pertaining to Canicula, the dog-star, or to the dogdays. The sun, incens'd by eastern wind, Afflicts me with canicular aspect. Greene and Lodge , Looking Gla for Lond, and Eng. I'll never dig in quarry of an heart To have no part; Nor roast in fiery eyes, which always are canicular . Donne , Dialogue. Canicular days, a certain number of days before and after the heliacal rising of Canicula. See dog - days. Unto some [such as are south of the equinox) the canicular days are in the winter. Sir T. Browne , Vulg. Err., iv. 13. Canicular year, the Egyptian natural year, which was computed from one heliacal rising of Canicula to the next. Canicule (kan'i-kül), n. [ Canicule , Canicula : see Canicula .] Same as Canicula . canid (kan'id), n. A carnivorous mammal of the family Canida .