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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Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..
Canker :: Canker (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose..
Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..
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 (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.
Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Surly; sore; malignant.
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..
Encanker :: Encanker (v. t.) To canker.
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Canker Fly :: Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.
Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..
Cankering :: Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canke.
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
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..
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..
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..
Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..
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