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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
cankering — can·ker || kæŋkÉ™ n. sore; plant disease; rot, decay v. destroy, cause decay; injure … English contemporary dictionary
cankering — … Useful english dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cankered — 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. [1913 Webster] No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
canker — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French cancre, chancre, from Latin cancer crab, cancer Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) an erosive or spreading sore (2) an area of necrosis in a plant; also a plant disease characterized by… … New Collegiate Dictionary
A Larum for London — A Larum for London, or the Siedge of Antwerp is a play written by an anonymous author around the year 1602. It provides a graphic reenactment of the sack of Antwerp by Spanish troops in 1576, sometimes called the Spanish Fury. Not widely printed… … Wikipedia
Matthew Caffyn — (christened October 26, 1628 buried June 1714) was a British General Baptist preacher and writer.[1][2][3][4] Contents 1 Early life … Wikipedia
corrosion — n 1. gnawing, eating out or away, consumption, consuming, devouring, corroding, rusting, Both Chem. oxidation, oxidizing; erosion, eroding, attrition, detrition, wearing, wearing down or away, wear and tear, wasting away; abrasion, abrading,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
erosion — n 1. wearing, wearing down or away, wear and tear, wasting away, washing away, wash out, eroding, detrition, attrition; corrosion, corroding, fretting, gnawing, consumption, consuming, devouring, eating out or away; abrasion, abrading, rubbing… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
erosive — adj wearing, washing, erodent, eroding, at tritional, attritive; corrosive, corroding, caustic, fretting, gnawing, consumptive, consuming, eating; abrasive, abrading, chafing, fraying, scraping, excoriating, grating, rasping, grinding; cankering … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
