Definition of canker

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Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

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Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Erosion :: Erosion (n.) The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.
Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Canker :: Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off..
Geometrid :: Geometrid (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms..
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..
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..
Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..
Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..
Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a 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.
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