Definition of can

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Can (v. t. & i.) To know; to understand.

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Guitguit :: Guitguit (n.) One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Coerebidae, allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit..
Lactose :: Lactose (n.) Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin..
Sneezewood :: Sneezewood (n.) The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) An inclosure; a boundary; a limit.
Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon..
Cantiniere :: Cantiniere (n.) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandiere.
Republicanize :: Republicanize (v. t.) To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation..
Statant :: Statal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State of the American Union, as distinguished from the general government..
Awning :: Awning (n.) A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind..
Whiteback :: Whiteback (n.) The canvasback.
Spinetail :: Spinetail (n.) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines..
Expletive :: Expletive (n.) A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath..
Northman :: Northman (n.) One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman..
Slang :: Slang (n.) Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc..
Excantation :: Excantation (n.) Disenchantment by a countercharm.
Trot :: Trot (v. t.) To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering..
Mew :: Mew (n.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb..
Ihlang-ihlang :: Ihlang-ihlang (n.) A rich, powerful, perfume, obtained from the volatile oil of the flowers of Canada odorata, an East Indian tree..
Sky :: Sky (v. t.) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen..
Moloch :: Moloch (n.) The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively..
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