Canker definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CANKER, n. 1. A disease incident to trees, which causes the ... that corrodes, corrupts or destroys. Sacrilege may prove an eating canker. And their word will eat as doth a canker. Tim. 2. 4. An eating, corroding, virulent humor; corrosion. 5 ... matter from the cleft in the middle of the frog. CANKER, v.i. To grow corrupt; to decay, or waste away ... especially of the lips or lining of the mouth) [syn: canker, canker sore] 3: a pernicious and malign influence that ...
Water canker definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Water canker Wa"ter can"ker (Med.) See Canker, n., 1. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Canker Can"ker (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr ... of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma. 2. Anything which ...
Black canker definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Black Black, a. [OE. blak ... black-headed bunting (Embriza Sch[oe]niclus) of Europe. Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a ... dusky; gloomy; swart; Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Canker Can"ker (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr ... of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma. 2. Anything which corrodes, ...
canker of the mouth definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Canker Can"ker (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr ... of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma. 2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts ... Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. --Shak. Black canker. See under Black.
Canker blossom definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Canker blossom Can"ker blos`som That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.] O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! You thief of Love! --Shak.
canker sore definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... especially of the lips or lining of the mouth) [syn: canker, canker sore] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1596 a painful ...
Canker rash definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rash Rash, n. [OF ... or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary. Nettle rash. See Urticaria. Rose ... Roseola. Tooth rash. See Red-gum. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Canker rash Can"ker rash` (Med.) A form of scarlet fever ...
chestnut canker definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a disease of American chestnut trees [syn: chestnut blight, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease]