Definition of canvas

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Canvas (n.) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work..

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Canvass :: Canvass (n.) Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc..
Rombowline :: Rombowline (n.) Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear..
Reenforce :: Reenforce (v.) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc..
Panel :: Panel (n.) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted..
Sailcloth :: Sailcloth (n.) Duck or canvas used in making sails.
Waistcloth :: Waistcloth (n.) A covering of canvas or tarpaulin for the hammocks, stowed on the nettings, between the quarterdeck and the forecastle..
Stacking :: Stack-guard (n.) A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack..
Duck :: Duck (n.) A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank..
Punka :: Punka (n.) A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord..
Paint :: Paint (v. t.) To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape..
Painter :: Painter (n.) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like..
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To examine by discussion; to debate.
Monk''s Seam :: Monk's seam () An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches..
Cot :: Cot (n.) A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed..
Poledavy :: Poledavy (n.) A sort of coarse canvas; poldway.
Ambition :: Ambition (n.) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing..
Canvass :: Canvass (n.) Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes..
Catgut :: Catgut (n.) A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices..
Canvasback :: Canvasback (n.) A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back..
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