camwood (kamwud)

[ IMG:content-2998.png:[blocks in formation] Thy love doth plead so prettily to stay, That, trust me, I could weep to part with thee. Beau. and Fl., Phil aster, ii. 1. What can we suppose this will come to? Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. nynge, etc., earlier and north. form cunnand, is mod. E. cunning, with a partly deflected sense: see cunning, a., and cunning, n. (5) The pp. couth is found in mod. E. only in comp. un couth, and deriv. kith, kithe, the, q. v.; ME. couth, coud, cuth, The cognate forms (1st and 3d pers. pres. and pret. ind., and inf.) are: OS. kan, konsta, kun nan = OFries. kan, kunda, kunna, konna = D. kan, konde, kunnen = MLG. kan, kunde, kun nen, konnen, konen, nen, LG. kan, kunde, könen = OHG. chan, kan, chunda, chonda, kond a, chon konnte, können = Icel. konsta, chunnan, MHG. kan, kunde, konde, sta, konsta, chunnan, kunnen, künnen, G. kann, konnt kann, kunni, kunna = Sw. kan, kunde, kunna = Dan. kan, kunde, kunne = Goth. kann, kuntha, kunnan, know; prop. a preterit present, AS. cann being orig. a strong pret. (with pp. * cun nen, whence the later weak pret. cat he, and weak pp. cuth ) of an a umed inf. * cinnan (whence the factitive cen cennan, make known, Icel. kenna, make known, know: see ken1 ), Teut. √ * kin, * ken (= Lit (= Lith. zin aú, know, recognize, IMG:content-2999.png:[blocks in formation] 2. May: noting merely permi ion: as, you can; can I speak to you a mo- Can but, cannot but. have it if you wish; ment? [Chiefly colloq.]— See but1 , conj . can1 (kan), n. [ canne (translating L. " crater vel canna") = D. kan , a pot, tankard, mug, mug, = OHG. channa, MHG. G. kanne, a can, IMG:content-3000.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-3001.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small] or conspicuously variegated coloration. The species woodland and arbor i cole, and are confined to North America. The ble specie not a ter the one named, is the dusky grouse of Canada Grouse ( Canace can a dens is). species or varieties. Also called Dendragapus. the Rocky Mountains, obscura. There are several other knowledge of,' jug. By some the Teut. forms are derived from canna, cane: see canel.] 1. ent time, 'know of,' and hence, in indefinite or pre sel i leo derate and made of any time, 'know'), this root being parallel with the ult. related * knā, * kno in AS. cnāwan, E. know, L. gno - scere, etc. (see know ); in another view orig. 'beget, get' (pret. 'have gotten'), connected with AS. cennan, beget, produce, cynn, kin, ge - cynd, kind, kind, etc., * ken, L. * gen, etc., but this root, though equally widely exthough equally wi tended, appears to be fundamentally distinct from the root #ken, know: see ken2, kin1, kind, genus, etc. Hence ult. con1 (= can1), con2, cun1, cun2, cunning, couth, uncouth (= unco ), kith, kithe, etc.] etc.] A. As an independent verb. I.t trans. 1. To know; understand. And Pounces and Antonye, that moc he cowde of werre, i ed oute of the hoste all armed in to the foreste of Bry IMG:content-3002.png:[blocks in formation] Clerkys that canne the scyens seuene Seys that curtasy came fro heuen. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 17. She could the Bible in the holy tongue, And read it without pricks. B. Jonson, Magnet ick Lady, i. 1. And can you these tongues perfectly? Beau. and Fl., Coxcomb, iv. 4. O, she could the art of woman most feelingly. Dekker and Webster , Northward Ho, i. 1. 2. To know how to do; be able to do. We are mortal; And can but deeds of men. IMG:content-3003.png:[blocks in formation] Al that goud we hem doth, Heo hit blutheleiche underfoth [blithely receive], And cunnen vs unthonc. Layamon , I. 140.] To con magret [maugre], to show displeasure at; blame. See maugre , n. Yef I wiste the kynge looth wolde conne me no maugre , I wolde sey that he sholde go. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 505. II. in trans. To have ability; be able. Still so used in Scotch: as, I'll no can go. IMG:content-3004.png:[blocks in formation] And now that we can your busine . der stand each other elled, name B. As an auxiliary. 1. To be able; properly, to be able physically; hence, by extension, to be able mentally, morally, or legally; po e the qualities, qualifications, or resources nece ary for the attainment of any end or the accomplishment of any purpose, the specific end or purpose being indicated by the verb to which can is auxiliary. Can the fig-tree bear olive berries? Jas. iii. 12. Thou canst not say I did it: never shake Thy gory locks at me. Shak . , Macbeth, iii. 4. material, but now generally of sheet-metal, such as tin, and used as a drinking-cup or to contain liquids, preserves, etc. Cans are generally [ME.] A word of uncertain origin and meaning, found only in the following pa ages: The coperounes of the canacles that on the cuppe reres. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1461. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1515. Clatering of conacles that kesten tho burdes. There weren sett sixe stonun cannes. Wyclif , John ii. 6. I hate it as an unfilled can. Shak ., T. N., ii. 3. Tennyson, Vision of Sin, iv. cañada (kan-ya'da), n . [Sp., caña , reed, valley: the common name in Spain of rather narrow valleys, and especially of such as are walled in by precipitous slopes. This word was used by early Spanish writers on California (as Venegas), and occurs in the name of one well-known locality in that State, Cañada de las Uvas. In general, however, all val- leys (excepting quite broad ones) and most defiles, as well as deep and ravines or gorges, are IMG:content-3005.png:[blocks in formation] cption o ruption of gan, began, preterit of ginnen, begin (see (see gin1 ): ginl ): often equiva equivalent, with the infinitive of a principal verb, to the preterit of that verb. Allace! Aurora, the syllie Larke can cry. Sir D. Lyndsay, Prol. to Dreme. With gentle wordes he can her fayrely greet. Spenser, F. Q., I. iv. 46. So can he turne his earnest unto game. Spenser, F. Q., II. i. 31. The catty or pound -ite2.] cañons. See cañon. canada (ka-nä'da), n. [Pg.] A Portuguese liquid measure. It is equal in Lisbon to 1.47 United States quarts, 1.23 English quarts, or 1.395 liters, in Oporto to 2.23 United States quarts or 2.114 liters, in Rio to 2.81 liters, in Bahia to 7.25 United States quarts, and in Ceylon to 1.60 United States quarts. Also cavada. Canada balsam, rice, etc. See the nouns. Canadian (ka-na'di-an), a. and n. [ II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Canada. canaigre (ka-nā'ger), n. In Texas, a species of dock, Rumex hymen ose pal us , the root of which is used in tanning.