| slovo | definícia |
canker
(encz) | canker,chátrat v: Jiří Šmoldas |
canker
(encz) | canker,nákaza n: Jiří Šmoldas |
canker
(encz) | canker,rez n: [přen.] Jiří Šmoldas |
canker
(encz) | canker,rozežírat v: Jiří Šmoldas |
canker
(encz) | canker,sněť n: Jiří Šmoldas |
canker
(encz) | canker,zhouba n: Jiří Šmoldas |
Canker
(gcide) | Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS.
cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a
cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ?
gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer.
See cancer, and cf. Chancre.]
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1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading
gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the
mouth; -- called also water canker, {canker of the
mouth}, and noma.
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2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
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The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple.
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3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to
rot and fall off.
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4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a
horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny
portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually
resulting from neglected thrush.
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5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
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To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose.
And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke.
--Shak.
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Black canker. See under Black.
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Canker
(gcide) | Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cankered (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cankering.]
1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to
consume.
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No lapse of moons can canker Love. --Tennyson.
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2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. --Addison.
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A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
--Herbert.
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Canker
(gcide) | Canker \Can"ker\, v. i.
1. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
[Obs.]
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Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding.
--Bacom.
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2. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker;
to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
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Deceit and cankered malice. --Dryden.
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As with age his body uglier grows,
So his mind cankers. --Shak.
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canker
(wn) | canker
n 1: a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized
damage to the bark
2: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
[syn: canker, canker sore]
3: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of;
"racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation";
"according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn:
pestilence, canker]
v 1: become infected with a canker
2: infect with a canker |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
cankered
(encz) | cankered,zahořklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cankerous
(encz) | cankerous,ničivý adj: Zdeněk Brožcankerous,rozkladný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cankerworm
(encz) | cankerworm,škůdce n: Zdeněk Brož |
chestnut canker
(encz) | chestnut canker, n: |
fall cankerworm
(encz) | fall cankerworm, n: |
spring cankerworm
(encz) | spring cankerworm, n: |
stem canker
(encz) | stem canker, n: |
Black canker
(gcide) | Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
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2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
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I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
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3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
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4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
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Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.
Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.
Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).
Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.
Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.
Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
Black cherry. See under Cherry.
Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.
Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.
Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.
Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.
Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.
Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.
Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.
Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.
Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.
Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.
Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.
Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.
Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.
Black oak. See under Oak.
Black ocher. See Wad.
Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.
Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.
Black tea. See under Tea.
Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
Black walnut. See under Walnut.
Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
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Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
[1913 Webster]Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS.
cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a
cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ?
gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer.
See cancer, and cf. Chancre.]
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1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading
gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the
mouth; -- called also water canker, {canker of the
mouth}, and noma.
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2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
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The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple.
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3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to
rot and fall off.
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4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a
horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny
portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually
resulting from neglected thrush.
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5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
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To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose.
And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke.
--Shak.
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Black canker. See under Black.
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Canker
(gcide) | Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS.
cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a
cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ?
gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer.
See cancer, and cf. Chancre.]
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1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading
gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the
mouth; -- called also water canker, {canker of the
mouth}, and noma.
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2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
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The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple.
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3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to
rot and fall off.
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4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a
horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny
portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually
resulting from neglected thrush.
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5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
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To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose.
And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke.
--Shak.
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Black canker. See under Black.
[1913 Webster]Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cankered (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cankering.]
1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to
consume.
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No lapse of moons can canker Love. --Tennyson.
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2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. --Addison.
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A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
--Herbert.
[1913 Webster]Canker \Can"ker\, v. i.
1. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
[Obs.]
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Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding.
--Bacom.
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2. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker;
to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
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Deceit and cankered malice. --Dryden.
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As with age his body uglier grows,
So his mind cankers. --Shak.
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Canker bloom
(gcide) | Canker bloom \Can"ker bloom`\
The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
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Canker blossom
(gcide) | Canker blossom \Can"ker blos`som\
That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.]
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O me! you juggler! you canker blossom!
You thief of Love! --Shak.
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Canker fly
(gcide) | Canker fly \Can"ker fly`\
A fly that preys on fruit.
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canker of the mouth
(gcide) | Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS.
cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a
cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ?
gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer.
See cancer, and cf. Chancre.]
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1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading
gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the
mouth; -- called also water canker, {canker of the
mouth}, and noma.
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2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
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The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple.
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3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to
rot and fall off.
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4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a
horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny
portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually
resulting from neglected thrush.
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5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
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To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose.
And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke.
--Shak.
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Black canker. See under Black.
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Canker rash
(gcide) | Rash \Rash\, n. [OF. rasche an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr.
(assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to
scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.] (Med.)
A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or
no elevation.
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Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary.
Nettle rash. See Urticaria.
Rose rash. See Roseola.
Tooth rash. See Red-gum.
[1913 Webster]Canker rash \Can"ker rash`\ (Med.)
A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid
sore throat.
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Canker-bit
(gcide) | Canker-bit \Can"ker-bit`\, a.
Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. [Obs.]
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Cankered
(gcide) | Cankered \Can"kered\, a.
1. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
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2. Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore,
envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. "A cankered
grandam's will." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cankered (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cankering.]
1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to
consume.
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No lapse of moons can canker Love. --Tennyson.
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2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. --Addison.
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A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
--Herbert.
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Cankeredly
(gcide) | Cankeredly \Can"kered*ly\, adv.
Fretfully; spitefully.
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Cankering
(gcide) | Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cankered (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cankering.]
1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to
consume.
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No lapse of moons can canker Love. --Tennyson.
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2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. --Addison.
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A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
--Herbert.
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Cankerous
(gcide) | Cankerous \Can"ker*ous\, a.
Affecting like a canker. "Canrerous shackles." --Thomson.
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Misdeem it not a cankerous change. --Wordsworth.
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cankerworm
(gcide) | Dropworm \Drop"worm`\ (dr[o^]p"w[^u]rm`), n. (Zool.)
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by
means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm or inchworm.
See inchworm and geometrid.
[1913 Webster]Cankerworm \Can"ker*worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very
injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often
entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv[ae] are
also called cankerworms.
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Note: The autumnal species (Anisopteryx pometaria) becomes
adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The
spring species (Anisopteryx vernata) remains in the
ground through the winter, and matures in early spring.
Both have winged males and wingless females. The
larv[ae] are similar in appearance and habits, and
belong to the family of measuring worms or spanworms.
These larv[ae] hatch from the eggs when the leaves
begin to expand in spring.
[1913 Webster]Caterpillar \Cat"er*pil`lar\, n. [OE. catyrpel, corrupted fr.
OF. chatepelouse, or cate pelue, fr. chate, F. chatte,
she-cat, fem. of chat, L. catus + L. pilosus hairy, or F.
pelu hairy, fr. L. pilus hair. See Cat, and Pile hair.]
1. (Zool.) The larval state of a butterfly or any
lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the
larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are
also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have
three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal
fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy,
others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and
succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many
of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm,
cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.
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2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods
resembling caterpillars.
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Caterpillar catcher, or Caterpillar eater (Zool.), a bird
belonging to the family of Shrikes, which feeds on
caterpillars. The name is also given to several other
birds.
Caterpillar hunter (Zool.), any species of beetles of the
genus Callosoma and other allied genera of the family
Carabid[ae] which feed habitually upon caterpillars.
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Cankerworm
(gcide) | Dropworm \Drop"worm`\ (dr[o^]p"w[^u]rm`), n. (Zool.)
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by
means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm or inchworm.
See inchworm and geometrid.
[1913 Webster]Cankerworm \Can"ker*worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very
injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often
entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv[ae] are
also called cankerworms.
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Note: The autumnal species (Anisopteryx pometaria) becomes
adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The
spring species (Anisopteryx vernata) remains in the
ground through the winter, and matures in early spring.
Both have winged males and wingless females. The
larv[ae] are similar in appearance and habits, and
belong to the family of measuring worms or spanworms.
These larv[ae] hatch from the eggs when the leaves
begin to expand in spring.
[1913 Webster]Caterpillar \Cat"er*pil`lar\, n. [OE. catyrpel, corrupted fr.
OF. chatepelouse, or cate pelue, fr. chate, F. chatte,
she-cat, fem. of chat, L. catus + L. pilosus hairy, or F.
pelu hairy, fr. L. pilus hair. See Cat, and Pile hair.]
1. (Zool.) The larval state of a butterfly or any
lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the
larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are
also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have
three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal
fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy,
others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and
succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many
of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm,
cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.
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2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods
resembling caterpillars.
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Caterpillar catcher, or Caterpillar eater (Zool.), a bird
belonging to the family of Shrikes, which feeds on
caterpillars. The name is also given to several other
birds.
Caterpillar hunter (Zool.), any species of beetles of the
genus Callosoma and other allied genera of the family
Carabid[ae] which feed habitually upon caterpillars.
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cankerworm
(gcide) | Dropworm \Drop"worm`\ (dr[o^]p"w[^u]rm`), n. (Zool.)
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by
means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm or inchworm.
See inchworm and geometrid.
[1913 Webster]Cankerworm \Can"ker*worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very
injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often
entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv[ae] are
also called cankerworms.
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Note: The autumnal species (Anisopteryx pometaria) becomes
adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The
spring species (Anisopteryx vernata) remains in the
ground through the winter, and matures in early spring.
Both have winged males and wingless females. The
larv[ae] are similar in appearance and habits, and
belong to the family of measuring worms or spanworms.
These larv[ae] hatch from the eggs when the leaves
begin to expand in spring.
[1913 Webster]Caterpillar \Cat"er*pil`lar\, n. [OE. catyrpel, corrupted fr.
OF. chatepelouse, or cate pelue, fr. chate, F. chatte,
she-cat, fem. of chat, L. catus + L. pilosus hairy, or F.
pelu hairy, fr. L. pilus hair. See Cat, and Pile hair.]
1. (Zool.) The larval state of a butterfly or any
lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the
larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are
also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have
three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal
fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy,
others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and
succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many
of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm,
cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.
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2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods
resembling caterpillars.
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Caterpillar catcher, or Caterpillar eater (Zool.), a bird
belonging to the family of Shrikes, which feeds on
caterpillars. The name is also given to several other
birds.
Caterpillar hunter (Zool.), any species of beetles of the
genus Callosoma and other allied genera of the family
Carabid[ae] which feed habitually upon caterpillars.
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Cankery
(gcide) | Cankery \Can"ker*y\, a.
1. Like a canker; full of canker.
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2. Surly; sore; malignant.
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Encanker
(gcide) | Encanker \En*can"ker\, v. t.
To canker. [Obs.]
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Water canker
(gcide) | Water canker \Wa"ter can"ker\ (Med.)
See Canker, n., 1.
[1913 Webster]Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS.
cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a
cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ?
gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer.
See cancer, and cf. Chancre.]
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1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading
gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the
mouth; -- called also water canker, {canker of the
mouth}, and noma.
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2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
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The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple.
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3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to
rot and fall off.
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4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a
horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny
portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually
resulting from neglected thrush.
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5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
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To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose.
And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke.
--Shak.
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Black canker. See under Black.
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water canker
(gcide) | Water canker \Wa"ter can"ker\ (Med.)
See Canker, n., 1.
[1913 Webster]Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS.
cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a
cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ?
gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer.
See cancer, and cf. Chancre.]
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1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading
gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the
mouth; -- called also water canker, {canker of the
mouth}, and noma.
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2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
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The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple.
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3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to
rot and fall off.
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4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a
horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny
portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually
resulting from neglected thrush.
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5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
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To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose.
And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke.
--Shak.
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Black canker. See under Black.
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apple canker
(wn) | apple canker
n 1: a disease of apple trees [syn: apple blight, {apple
canker}] |
blight canker
(wn) | blight canker
n 1: a phase of fire blight in which cankers appear |
canker brake
(wn) | canker brake
n 1: North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and
dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds [syn: {Christmas
fern}, canker brake, dagger fern, {evergreen wood
fern}, Polystichum acrostichoides] |
canker sore
(wn) | canker sore
n 1: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the
mouth) [syn: canker, canker sore] |
cankerous
(wn) | cankerous
adj 1: having an ulcer or canker [syn: cankerous, ulcerated,
ulcerous] |
cankerweed
(wn) | cankerweed
n 1: herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters
of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus
Prenanthes [syn: white lettuce, cankerweed, {Nabalus
alba}, Prenanthes alba] |
cankerworm
(wn) | cankerworm
n 1: green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various
fruit and shade trees |
chestnut canker
(wn) | chestnut canker
n 1: a disease of American chestnut trees [syn: {chestnut
blight}, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease] |
fall cankerworm
(wn) | fall cankerworm
n 1: green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila
pometaria |
spring cankerworm
(wn) | spring cankerworm
n 1: variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata |
stem canker
(wn) | stem canker
n 1: rhizoctinia disease of potatoes [syn: little potato,
rosette, russet scab, stem canker] |
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