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Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes. Milton.

The English form of the Spanish word Cañon.

The radical (CO)'\'b7, occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.

The French lavender (Lawandula Stachas).

The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

e or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n.

the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]. Numb.…

uartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.]

A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

Same as Castellany.

An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.

practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland] Spenser.

A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America. The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty.…

See Colophony.

Rosin.

of accompaying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse. Shak. Evil company doth corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver. ). Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton.

Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.

Brave; fine; canny. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

A simpleton. [Obs.] It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).

To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.] Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.