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CANKER, n.
CANKER, v.i. To grow corrupt; to decay, or waste away by means of any noxious cause; to grow rusty, or to be oxydized, as a metal.
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.
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or
destroy.
The cankers of envy and faction. A disease incident to
trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
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.
A kind of wild, worthless rose; the
dog-rose.
To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. Black canker. See under Black. To affect as a canker]
to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
No lapse of moons can canker Love. To infect or pollute; to
corrupt.
Addison.
A tithe purloined cankers the whole
estate. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a
mineral.
[Obs.]
Silvering will sully and canker more than
gliding. To be or become diseased, or as if
diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become
venomous.
Deceit and cankered malice. As with age his body uglier grows, | ||||||||