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Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.

Fretfully; spitefully.

Affecting like a canker. "Canrerous shackles." Thomson. Misdeem it not a cankerous change. Wordsworth.

y eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvæ are also called cankerworms.

Like a canker; full of canker.

A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.

A colorless oil obtained from hemp dy distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.

A pisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.

Pertaining to hemp; hempen. [R.]

A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceæ; hemp. Cannabis Indica (, the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, now considered a variety of the common hemp.

eadily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.

A style of interweaving giving to fabrics a channeled or fluted effect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep.

if., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. --Can"ne*lured (#), a.

A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [U. S.]

Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. "Cannibal terror." Burke.

The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke.

In the manner of cannibal. "An he had been cannibally given." Shak.

A small can or drinking vessel.

In a canny manner. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]

Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]