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Look up: Can

  1. Can
    Naval Common slang expression meaning to be blamed for the acts or faults of another. The expression may have arisen from the custom in some dockyards of employing a boy to fetch beer from a local public house; this boy was invariably blamed if accounts were unpaid or cans not returned..
    Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/

  2. can
    A large cylindrical container for receiving and holding lengths of SLIVER delivered from the front of a CARDING MACHINE, DRAWING FRAME, or COMBING MACHINE.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. can
    [n] - the quantity contained in a can 2. [n] - a buoy with a round bottom and conical top 3. [n] - airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. 4. [v] - expresses permission 5. [v] - be able to, have the ability to 6. [v] - preserve in a can or tin
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. CAN
    Cancel + Controller Area Network
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. can
    a metal case or housing used to protect semiconductor device elements from mechanical damage or chemical changes that would affect their electrical characteristics or performance Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a sealed container enclosing nuclear fuel or other material to ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. CAN
    See Campus Area Network.
    Found on http://www.ft.com/dbglossary

  7. Can
    Can an obs . form of began , imperfect & past participle of Begin , sometimes used in old poetry. [ See Gan .] « With gentle words he can faile gree. Spenser. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/14

  8. Can
    Can noun [ Middle English & Anglo-Saxon canne ; akin to Dutch Kan , German Kanne , Old High German channa , Swedish Kanna , Danish kande .] 1. A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. [ Shak. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/14

  9. Can
    Can transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Canned ; present participle &verbal noun Canning .] To preserve by putting in sealed cans [ U. S.] ' Canned meats' W. D. Howells....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/14

  10. can
    tin noun airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. can
    canful noun the quantity contained in a can
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. can
    tin verb preserve in a can or tin; `tinned foods are not very tasty`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. can
    noun a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. can
    crapper noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. Can
    • (n.) A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. • an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.] • (v. t. & i.) To know; to understand. • (v. t. & i.) To be able to do; to have power or influence. • (v. t. & i.) To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  16. Can
    Can is a Turkish boy name. The meaning of the name is `Life` The name Can doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Can seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Can

  17. CAN
    Comunidad Andina (Spanish for Andean Community)
    Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/

  18. CAN
    Controlled Area Network
    Found on http://www3.sympatico.ca/dhaughey/j1930.

  19. Can
    a kind of navigation buoy
    Found on http://andrews.com/kysc/terms.html

  20. CAN
    Cancel
    Found on http://foldoc.org/CAN

  21. CAN
    Cancelled
    Found on http://www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/Glossary

  22. Can
    Slang for an overhead transformer.
    Found on http://www.youngco.com/young2.asp?ID=4&T

  23. Can
    Can is slang for a lavatory.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  24. Can
    Can is slang for a lavatory.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  25. CAN
    Calcium ammonium nitrate
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21114



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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