cawney, cawny (kani)

[E. Ind.] A measure of land used in some parts of India, and varying slightly according to locality. In the Madras presidency it is equal to 1.322 acres. cawquaw (ka' kwa), n. [Amer. Ind. name.] The urson, or Canadian porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum, whose spines are often used for ornamentation by the Indians. Its chief food consists of living bark, which it strips from the branches as cleanly as if a sharp knife had been used. It begins with the highest branches and eats its way regularly down. One cawquaw will destroy a hundred trees in a single season. See cut under porcupine. caxo, caxon1 (kak'sō, -son), n. [