Definition of canker

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Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..

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Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..
Canker Bloom :: Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
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 :: 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.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose..
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..
Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..
Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..
Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..
Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.
Canker Fly :: Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.
Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..
Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..
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..
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