Definition of canker

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Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

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Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..
Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..
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 Fly :: Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Surly; sore; malignant.
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Cankering :: Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canke.
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..
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..
Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.
Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
Encanker :: Encanker (v. t.) To canker.
Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Canker :: Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off..
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