Vocabulary : Caning to Cankered
Caning : of CaneCanis : A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidae, including the dogs and wolves.
Canister : A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc. ;; A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc. ;; A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot.
Canker : A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma. ;; Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. ;; A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off. ;; An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush. ;; A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. ;; To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. ;; To infect or pollute; to corrupt. ;; To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. ;; To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
Canker bloom : The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
