‖n. [ Sp. alcana, alhe&unr_;a, fr. Ar. al-hinnā. See Henna, and cf. Alkanet. ] (Bot.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a reed. See Cane. ] (Bot.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (Canna Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cannabis. ] (Chem.) A colorless oil obtained from hemp by distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a grouping of plants containing two genera of erect or twining wind-pollinated herbs, the genera Cannabis and Humulus; this term is not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae.
Syn. -- family Cannabidaceae, hemp family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The euphoric and narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin; the active ingredient is tetrahydrocannabinol, THC. See Cannabis Indica, below. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. cannabinus. ] Pertaining to hemp; hempen. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., hemp. See Canvas. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceæ; hemp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Indian hemp plant plant Cannabis sativa syn. Cannabis Indica. See Cannabis Indica, below. [ PJC ]

Cannabis Indica the Indian hemp, now considered a variety of the common hemp (Cannabis sativa), originating in Asia but now grown widely around the world. It can be formed into a tough fiber that is used to make rope and tough fabric. The dried leaves and female flowers are smoked or chewed by people to produce a euphoric or hallucinogenic effect, caused mainly by the substance tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contained in it. The THC-containing products of Cannabis are classified as a controlled substance, and posession and sale are illegal in most states of the United States. Once classified as a narcotic, the plant is now more commonly referred to in the category of euphoric or hallucinogenic agents. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

prop. n. A natural family of plants coextensive with the genus Canna.
Syn. -- family Cannaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the name of a battle in which Hannibal defeated the Romans in 216 b. c. Called also battle of Cannae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. Recorded; in contrast with live; -- used of sound or video broadcasts.
Syn. -- filmed, taped, tape-recorded. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Sealed in a can or jar.
Syn. -- tinned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. Kenn. ] [ North of Eng. & Scot. ] 1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Skillful; knowing; capable. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Reputed to have magical powers. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

No canny, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Corrupt. fr. candle coal. ] A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., pop., fluted. ] (Textiles) A style of interweaving giving to fabrics a channeled or fluted effect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., fr. canneler to groove. ] (Mil.) A groove in any cylinder; specif., 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Haiti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root “propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis.” The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales. ] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. “Cannibal terror.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.
Syn. -- beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. cannibalisme. ] The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to eat human flesh.
Syn. -- practice cannibalism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else.
Syn. -- use parts of. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. & t. same as cannibalise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In the manner of cannibal. “An he had been cannibally given.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Can + -kin. ] A small can or drinking vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a canny manner. [ N. of Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Caution; crafty management. [ N. of Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. (Billiards) See Carom. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To discharge cannon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To collide or strike violently, esp. so as to glance off or rebound; to strike and rebound.

He heard the right-hand goal post crack as a pony cannoned into it -- crack, splinter, and fall like a mast. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Cannons collectively Cannon. [ F. cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane. ] 1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass, bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with respect to the special service for which they are intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval, field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast, solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are sometimes called cannon. See Gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See Canon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells. --
Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [ Obs. ] --
Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size. --
Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer. --
Cannon metal. See Gun Metal. --
Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting. --
Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls. --
Cannon shot. (a) A cannon ball. (b) The range of a cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata. ] 1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance. [ 1913 Webster ]

A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n. Cannonading. ] To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Anat.) See Canon Bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with cannon. [ Poetic ] “Gilbralter's cannoned steep.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The use of cannon. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. canonnier. ] A man who manages, or fires, cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cannon, collectively; artillery. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Can to be able + -not. ] Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cannula a small tube of dim. of canna a reed, tube. ] (Surg.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar. [ Written also canula. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the form of a tube; tubular. [ Written also canular. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [ Written also canulated. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil. Antiq.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem. & Med.) A chemical substance (C21H20O2) which is produced by the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), and is the physiologically active agent of dried preparations of that plant, called variously marijuana, hashish, ganja, hemp, etc.; also called THC. It causes the euphoric effect for which the preparations are smoked or chewed. It is used in medicine in a purified form as an antiemetic (an antinausea agent), especially in conjunction with chemotherapy of cancer. It occurs primarily as the Δ¹-3, 4-trans isomer, also called Δ⁹-THC, with small amounts of the Δ⁶-3, 4-trans isomer detectable at about 1%. It is a controlled substance, classified as a hallucinogen, and its possession or distribution is illegal in almost all states of the United States. MI11 [ PJC ]

a. Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly. Sir W. Scott. -- Un*can"ni*ness, n. G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]