CANISTER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A small basket of rushes, or wilow twigs, etc.

2.
n.

A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.

3.
n.

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,


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