n. [ OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr.
Like light canes, that first rise big and brave. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In the Southern United States
Stir the fire with your master's cane. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign
The flying skirmish of the darted cane. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cane borer (Zool.),
Cane mill,
Cane trash,
v. t.
n. A thicket of canes. Ellicott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. L. canus white. ] Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See Cane. ] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order
☞ The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of
n. A large evergreen shrub or small tree (Canella alba or Canella winterana) having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes. Its bark is called
n.
a. [ L. canescens, p. pr. of canescere, v. inchoative of canere to be white. ] Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white. [ 1913 Webster ]