2. Openness, ingenuousness, artlessness, frankness, guilelessness, truthfulness, honesty, sincerity, straightforwardness, simplicity, naïveté.

Cane brimstone. Roll sulphur, stick sulphur.

Canicula, n. Sirius, dog-star.

Canicular days. Dog-days.

Canine madness. Hydrophobia.

Canker, n.

    1. Mordent ulcer, gangrene, rot.
    2. Corrosion, erosion, blight.
    3. Corruption, infection, blight, bane, bale, irritation.

Canker, v. a.

    1. Corrode, erode, eat away.
    2. Infect, corrupt, blight, envenom, poison, sour, embitter, fill with gall.

Canker, v. n. Be blighted, grow embittered, become malignant, become infected or corrupted.

Canker-rash, n. Putrid sore throat.

Canker-worm, n. Span-worm, looper, geometer.

Cannibals, n. pl. Anthropophagi, man-eaters.

Cannon, n. Great gun.

Cannonade, v. a. Attack with cannon, attack with heavy artillery.

Canon, n.

    1. Rule (especially in ecclesiastical matters), law, formula, formulary, standard.
    2. Received books of Scripture, canonical books.
    3. Catalogue of saints.

Canonical, a.

    1. Received, authorized, according to the canon.

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