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  • English Word Cantharides Definition See Cantharis.
  • English Word Cantharides Definition of Cantharis
  • English Word Cantharidin Definition The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.
  • English Word Cantharis Definition A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.
  • English Word Canthi Definition of Canthus
  • English Word Canthoplasty Definition The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.
  • English Word Canthus Definition The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.
  • English Word Canticle Definition A song; esp. a little song or hymn.
  • English Word Canticle Definition The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.
  • English Word Canticle Definition A canto or division of a poem
  • English Word Canticle Definition A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.
  • English Word Canticles Definition of Canticle
  • English Word Canticoy Definition A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.
  • English Word Cantile Definition Same as Cantle, v. t.
  • English Word Cantilena Definition See Cantabile.
  • English Word Cantilever Definition Same as Cantalever.
  • English Word Cantillate Definition To chant; to recite with musical tones.
  • English Word Cantillation Definition A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.
  • English Word Cantine Definition See Canteen.
  • English Word Canting Definition of Cant
  • English Word Canting Definition Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.
  • English Word Canting Definition The use of cant; hypocrisy.
  • English Word Cantiniere Definition A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandiere.
  • English Word Cantion Definition A song or verses.
  • English Word Cantle Definition A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.
  • English Word Cantle Definition The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel.
  • English Word Cantle Definition To cut in pieces; to cut out from.
  • English Word Cantlet Definition A piece; a fragment; a corner.
  • English Word Canto Definition One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
  • English Word Canto Definition The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.