Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 13

Canopus (n.) A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.

Canopies (pl. ) of Canopy

Canopy (n.) 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.

Canopy (n.) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc.

Canopy (n.) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.

Canopes (imp. & p. p.) of Canopy

Canopying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canopy

Canopy (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a canopy.

Canorous (a.) Melodious; musical.

Canorousness (n.) The quality of being musical.

Canstick (n.) Candlestick.

Cant (n.) A corner; angle; niche.

Cant (n.) An outer or external angle.

Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

Cant (n.) 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.

Cant (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

Cant (n.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

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

Canted (imp. & p. p.) of Cant

Canting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cant

Cant (v. t.) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

Cant (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

Cant (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

Cant (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

Cant (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.

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

Cant (n.) Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.

Cant (a.) Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

Cant (v. i.) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

Cant (v. i.) To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

Cant (n.) A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.

Cant (v. t.) to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

Can't () A colloquial contraction for can not.

Cantab (n.) A Cantabrigian.

Cantabile (a.) In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando.

Cantabile (n.) A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena.

Cantabrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.

Cantabrigian (n.) A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.

Cantalever (n.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.

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

Cantaloupe (n.) A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color.

Cantankerous (a.) Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.

Cantar (n.) Alt. of Cantarro

Cantarro (n.) 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.

Cantarro (n.) A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons.

Cantata (n.) 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 (n.) A singing.

Cantatory (a.) Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.

Cantatrice (n.) A female professional singer.

Canted (a.) Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.

Canted (a.) Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.

Canteen (n.) A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.

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

Cantel (n.) See Cantle.

Canter (n.) A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.

Canter (n.) A rapid or easy passing over.

Cantered (imp. & p. p.) of Canter

Cantering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canter

Canter (v. i.) To move in a canter.

Canter (v. t.) To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Canter (n.) One who cants or whines; a beggar.

Canter (n.) One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

Canterbury (n.) 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 a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

Canterbury (n.) A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.

Cantharidal (a.) Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.

Cantharides (n. pl.) See Cantharis.

Cantharidin (n.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

Cantharides (pl. ) of Cantharis

Cantharis (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / 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.

Cant hook () A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc.

Canthoplasty (n.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

Canthi (pl. ) of Canthus

Canthus (n.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

Canticles (pl. ) of Canticle

Canticle (n.) A song; esp. a little song or hymn.

Canticle (n.) The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.

Canticle (n.) A canto or division of a poem

Canticle (n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.

Canticoy (n.) A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.

Cantile (v. i.) Same as Cantle, v. t.

Cantilena (n.) See Cantabile.

Cantilever (n.) Same as Cantalever.

Cantillate (v. i.) To chant; to recite with musical tones.

Cantillation (n.) A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

Cantine (n.) See Canteen.

Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.

Canting (n.) The use of cant; hypocrisy.

Cantiniere (n.) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandiere.

Cantion (n.) A song or verses.

Cantle (n.) A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.

Cantle (n.) The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel.

Cantle (v. t.) To cut in pieces; to cut out from.

Cantlet (n.) A piece; a fragment; a corner.

Cantos (pl. ) of Canto

Canto (n.) One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.

Canton (n.) A song or canto

Canton (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.

Canton (n.) A small community or clan.

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