can do (kando)

A measure of length used in Goa, formerly equal to 47 English inches, but now usually taken as equal to the Portuguese vara (43.2 inches). candock (kan'dok), n. [ Let the pond lie dry six or twelve months, to kill the water weeds, as water lilies, candocks , reate, and bulrushes. I. Walton , Complete Angler. 2. The yellow water-lily, Nuphar luteum: so called from its dock-like leaves and flag on shaped seed-ve els. candor, candour (kan'dor), n. [The latter spelling still used in England; 789 jects with fairne ; freedom from reserve or disguise; frankne ; ingenuousne ; sincerity. Might I but persuade you to dispense A little with your candour , and consent To make your house the stage on which we'll act A comic scene. Mas singer , Parliament of Love, iv. 3. A candour which is only found where men fight for truth and not for victory. Lady Holland , Sydney Smith, ii.