canty (kant i)

[North E. and Sc., also cant; Contented wi' little and cantie wi' mair. Burns , Song. Then at her door the canty dame Would sit, as any linnet gay. Words worth, Goody Blake. IMG:content-3070.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-3071.png:[blocks in formation] vas. Dickens. 21. To to as in canvas; shake; take to task. I'll canvas thee between a pair of sheets. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 3. To sift; examine; discu : in this sense now usually spelled canva (which see). canvasback (kan'vas-bak), n. A North American duck of the family Anatidæ and subfamily Fuliguline , the Fuligula (or Aristo nett a ) vallis neria , highly esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It is found in North America at large, breeding from the Northern States northward, and wintering in the Middle States and southward, being especially abundant in winter along the Atlantic coast, where it feeds much on Canvasbacks ( Fuligula ( Aristo nett a ) vallisneria). the wild celery, Vallisneria spiral is, and is then in the best condition for the table. The name is derived from the color of the back, which is white, very finely vermiculated with narrow, zigzag, blackish bars or rows of dots, In general, the canvasback closely resembles the common pochard or redhead, Fuligula ferina, but the bill and head are differently shaped. The head is not coppery-red, as in the pochard, but dusky reddish-brown, and the size is greater. canvas-climbert (kan'vas-klī"mėr), n. A sailor who goes aloft to handle sails. [Rare.] From the ladder-tackle washes off A canvas - climber . canutillo (ka-nö-tēʻlyō), n. [ Sp.cañutillo , lit. a small pipe or tube, dim. of cañuto , a pipe, part of a cane from knot to knot, caña , a cane, pipe: see canel .] In the United States of Cocanvas-cutter (kan'vas-kut"ėr), n. lombia, one of the fine separate crystals of emerald found in that country. stones. Encyc. Brit., VIII. 170.