Canonically Ca·non"ic·al·ly adverb In a canonical manner; according to the canons.

Canonicalness Ca·non"ic·al·ness noun The quality of being canonical; canonicity. Bp. Burnet.

Canonicals Ca·non"ic·als noun plural The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress.

Full canonicals , the complete costume of an officiating clergyman or ecclesiastic.

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Ca*non"i*cate noun [ Late Latin canonucatus canonical: confer French canonicat .] The office of a canon; a canonry.

Canonicity Can`on·ic"i·ty noun [ Confer French canonicité .] The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.

Canonist Can"on·ist noun [ Confer French canoniste .] A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law. South.

Canonistic Can`on·is"tic adjective Of or pertaining to a canonist. "This canonistic exposition." Milton.

Canonization Can`on·i·za"tion noun [ French canonisation .]

1. (R. C. Ch.) The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century.
Hoock.

2. The state of being canonized or sainted.

Canonize Can"on·ize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Canonized ; present participle & verbal noun Canonizing .] [ French canoniser or Late Latin canonizare , from Latin canon .. See Canon .] 1. (Eccl.) To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized .

2. To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.

Fame in time to come canonize us.
Shak.

2. To rate as inspired; to include in the canon. [ R.]

Canonry Can"on·ry noun plural Canonries A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.

Canonship Can"on·ship adjective Of or pertaining to Canopus in Egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.

Canopus Ca·no"pus noun [ Latin Canopus , from Greek ..., town of Egypt.] (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.

Canopy Can"o·py (kăn"o*pȳ) noun ; plural Canopies (- pĭz). [ Middle English canapie , French canapé sofa, Old French conopée , conopeu , conopieu , canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. Italian canopè canopy, sofa), Late Latin conopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, from Greek kwnwpei^on , from kw`nwps gnat, kw`nos cone + 'w`ps face. See Cone , and Optic .] 1. A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. "Golden canopies and beds of state." Dryden.

2. (Architecture) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.

Canopy Can"o·py transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Canopes ; present participle & verbal noun Canopying .] To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy canopied ." Milton.

Canorous Ca·no"rous adjective [ Latin canorus , from nor melody, from canere to sing.] Melodious; musical. "Birds that are most canorous ." Sir T. Browne.

A long, lound, and canorous peal of laughter.
De Quincey.

Canorousness Ca·no"rous·ness noun The quality of being musical.

He chooses his language for its rich canorousness .
Lowell.

Canstick Can"stick` noun Candlestick. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Cant Cant noun [ Old French , edge, angle, prof. from Latin canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Greek ... the corner of the eye, the felly of a wheel; confer W. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Confer Canthus , Canton , Cantle .] 1. A corner; angle; niche. [ Obsolete]

The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant .
B. Jonson.

2. An outer or external angle.

3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. Totten.

4. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant .

5. (Coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight.

6. (Mech.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. Knight.

7. (Nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

Cant frames , Cant timbers (Nautical) , timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.

Cant Cant transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Canted ; present participle & verbal noun Canting .] 1. To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

Cant Cant noun [ Prob. from Old French cant , French chant , singing, in allusion to the singing or whining tine of voice used by beggars, from Latin cantus . See Chant .] 1. An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

2. The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation. Goldsmith.

The cant of any profession.
Dryden.

3. The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

They shall hear no cant from me.
F. W. Robertson

4. Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.

Cant Cant adjective Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language.
Swift.

Cant Cant intransitive verb 1. To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

2. To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

The rankest rogue that ever canted .
Beau. & Fl.

3. To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

The doctor here,
When he discourseth of dissection,
Of vena cava and of vena porta,
The meseræum and the mesentericum,
What does he else but cant .
B. Jonson

That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting language, if I may so call it.
Bp. Sanderson.

Cant Cant noun [ Prob. from Old French cant , equiv. to Latin quantum ; confer French encan , from Latin in quantum , i.e. "for how much?"] A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction. "To sell their leases by cant ." Swift.

Cant Cant transitive verb to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. [ Archaic] Swift.

Cant hook Cant" hook` A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc. [ U. S.] Bartlett.

Cantab Can"tab noun [ Abbreviated from Cantabrigian .] A Cantabrigian. [ Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.

Cantabile Can·ta"bi·le adjective [ Italian , cantare to sing.] (Mus.) In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura , recitativo , or parlando .

Cantabile Can·ta"bi·le noun (Mus.) A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena .

Cantabrian Can·ta"bri·an adjective Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.

Cantabrigian Can`ta·brig"i·an noun A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.

Cantalever Can"ta·lev`er noun [ Cant an external angle + lever a supporter of the roof timber of a house.] [ Written also cantaliver and cantilever .] 1. (Architecture) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.

2. (Engineering) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs.

Cantalever bridge , a bridge in which the principle of the cantalever is applied. It is usually a trussed bridge, composed of two portions reaching out from opposite banks, and supported near the middle of their own length on piers which they overhang, thus forming cantalevers which meet over the space to be spanned or sustain a third portion, to complete the connection.

Cantaloupe Can"ta·loupe noun [ French cantaloup , Italian cantalupo , so called from the caste of Cantalupo , in the Marca d'Ancona, in Italy, where they were first grown in Europe, from seed said to have been imported from Armenia.] A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [ Written also cantaleup .]

Cantankerous Can·tan"ker·ous adjective Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [ Colloq.] -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ly , adverb -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness , noun

The cantankerous old maiden aunt.
Thackeray.

Cantar Can"tar Can*tar"ro noun [ Italian cantaro (in sense 1), Spanish cantaro (in sense 2).]

1. A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.

2. A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons. Simmonds.

Cantata Can·ta"ta noun [ Italian , from cantare to sing, from Latin cantare intens of canere to sing.] (Mus.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.

Cantation Can·ta"tion noun [ Latin cantatio .] A singing. [ Obsolete] Blount.

Cantatory Cant"a·to·ry adjective Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing. [ R.]

Cantatrice Can`ta·tri"ce (kȧn`tȧ*trē"cha) noun [ Italian ] (Mus.) A female professional singer.

Canted Cant"ed adjective [ From 2d Cant .] 1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.

Canted column (Architecture) , a column polygonal in plan.

2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.

Canteen Can·teen" (kăn*tēn") noun [ French cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Spanish & Italian cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. from Italian canovettina , dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, from Old French cant . corner, Italian & Spanish canto . See 1st Cant .] (Mil.) 1. A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [ Written also cantine .]

» In the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask.

2. The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

Cantel Can"tel noun See Cantle .

Canter Can"ter noun [ An abbreviation of Caner bury . See Canterbury gallop , under Canterbury .] 1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

» The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit, which compels him to throw a great part of his weight on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in the mode adopted by different horses for performing the canter, that no single description will suffice, nor indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them. J. H. Walsh.

2. A rapid or easy passing over.

A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics.
Sir J. Stephen.

Canter Can"ter intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cantered ; present participle & verbal noun Cantering .] To move in a canter.

Canter Can"ter transitive verb To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Canter Cant"er noun 1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.

2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

The day when he was a canter and a rebel.
Macaulay.

Canterbury Can"ter·bur·y noun 1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

2. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.

Canterbury ball (Botany) , a species of Campanula of several varieties, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped flowers. -- Canterbury gallop , a gentle gallop such as was used by pilgrims riding to Canterbury; a canter. -- Canterbury tale , one of the tales which Chaucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers to pass away the time.

Cantharidal Can·thar"·i·dal adjective Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.

Cantharides Can·thar"i·des noun plural See Cantharis .

Cantharidin Can·thar"i·din noun (Chemistry) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

Cantharis Can"tha·ris noun ; plural Cantharides . [ Latin , a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Greek kanqari`s .] (Zoology) A beetle ( Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria ), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly . Many other species of Lytta , used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle , under Blister . The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

Canthoplasty Can"tho·plas`ty noun [ Greek ..., corner of the eye + ... to from.] (Surg.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

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