Canary

ka-nā′ri, n. a light sweet wine from the Canary Islands: a bird originally from the Canary Islands: a lively dance.— adj. canary-coloured, bright yellow.— ns. Canā′ry-bird , a canary: ( slang ) a jail-bird: a mistre ; Canā′ry-gra , a gra of which the seed is much used as food for canary-birds; Canā′ry-wood , the dark-coloured timber of two lauraceous trees of the Azores and Madeira.