canker
41canker lettuce — noun Etymology: probably so called from a belief that it cures canker : false wintergreen …
42Canker — A gangrene or mortification which gradually spreads over the whole body (2 Tim. 2:17). In James 5:3 cankered means rusted (R.V.) or tarnished …
43canker — I Cleveland Dialect List rust [noun and verb] II North Country (Newcastle) Words rust …
44canker — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ulcer, sore, boil, infection; see injury 1 , sore . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. lesion, sore, ulcer, blister, cold sore. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun Anything that is injurious, destructive, or fatal: bane,… …
45canker — can|ker [ kæŋkər ] noun 1. ) count or uncount a disease that affects trees and plants 2. ) uncount a disease that causes painful infected areas in the ears of cats and dogs 3. ) count LITERARY a harmful influence that spreads and is difficult to… …
46canker — can·ker || kæŋkÉ™ n. sore; plant disease; rot, decay v. destroy, cause decay; injure …
47canker — I. n. 1. Mordent ulcer, gangrene, rot. 2. Corrosion, erosion, blight. 3. Corruption, infection, blight, bane, bale, irritation. II. v. a. 1. Corrode, erode, eat away. 2. Infect, corrupt, blight, envenom, poison, sour, embitter, fill with gall.… …
48canker — n 1. lesion, chancre, chancroid, soft chancre, simple chancre; abscess, ulcer, ulceration, noma, fester, festering, gathering, gumboil, parulis, tubercle, Obs. apostem or aposteme or apostume or aposthume, Obs. apostemation, Archaic. impostume;… …
49canker — can·ker …
50Black canker — 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 …
