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. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..
Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..
Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.
Canker :: Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off..
Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..
Cankering :: Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canke.
Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.
Canker Bloom :: Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
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..
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
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.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose..
Canker Fly :: Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
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