Definition of canker

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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..

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Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..
Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.
Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..
Canker :: Canker (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
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..
Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..
Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
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..
Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..
Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..
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..
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
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..
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
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