- 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.