Definition of canker

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Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..

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Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.
Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..
Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.
Cankerworm :: Cankerworm (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms..
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Canker :: Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off..
Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..
Cankering :: Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canke.
Canker :: Canker (n.) 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..
Canker :: Canker (n.) 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..
Encanker :: Encanker (v. t.) To canker.
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