canvas work (kanvaswerk)

1. Embroidery upon cloth over which canvas has been laid to guide the stitches, the threads of the canvas being then pulled out.-2. A kind of embroidery done in Berlin wool upon silk canvas with plush-stitch, which when completed has the appearance of velvet pile. Also called raised canvas-work. Dict. of Needlework. cany (kā'ni), a. [ Of Seric an a, where Chineses drive With sails and wind their cany waggons light. Milton , P. L., iii. 439. 2. Abounding with canes: as, cany brakes. canyon, n. and v. See cañon. canzont, n. [ Cannot the body weep without the eyes? Yes, and frame deepest canzons of lament. Middle ton, Solomon Paraphrased, xvii. canzona, canzone (kan-zō'nä, -ne), n. [It., a song, ballad, ode, = F. chanson = E. cantion , cantio (n-), a song: see chanson and cantion .] 1. A particular variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, and of Provençal origin, which closely resembled the madrigal. Grove . The Canzoni ere includes also a few political poems-a canzone to Italy, one supposed to be addre ed to Cola di Rienzi, and several sonnets against the court of Avignon. Encyc . Brit ., XIII, 504. 2. In music: (a) A setting of such poetry, differing from the madrigal in al in being le elaborate and artistic. (b) An instrumental piece resembling a madrigal. canzonet (kan-zō-net'), n. [ The canzonet and roundelay. Rogers , An Italian Song. I amused the fair Discretion with some canzonets , and other toys, which could not but be ravishing to her inexperienced ears. Scott , Monastery, IL. 96. He drank a few cups of claret, and sang (to himself) a strophe or two of the canzonet tes of the divine Astrophel. Scott, Monastery, II. 131. Poor soul! I had a maid of honour once; She wept her true eyes blind for such a one, A rogue of canzonets and serenades. Tennyson, The Prince , iv.