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CANDAVAIG, _s._
1. A foul salmon, that has lien in fresh water till summer, without migrating to the sea; Ang.
2. Used as denoting a peculiar species of salmon, Aberd.
_Statist. Acc._
Gael. _ceann_, head, and _dubhach_, a black dye.
CANDLEMAS CROWN, A badge of distinction conferred, at some grammar schools, on him who gives the highest gratuity to the rector, at the term of Candlemas, S.
_Statist. Acc._
CANE, KAIN, CANAGE, _s._ A duty paid by a tenant to his landlord in kind; as "_cane_ cheese;" "_cane_ fowls," &c. S.
_Ramsay._
L. B. _can-um_, _can-a_, tribute, from Gael. _ceann_, the head.
_To Pay the Cain_, To suffer severely in any cause, S.
_Ritson._
_To_ CANGLE, _v. n._ To quarrel, to be in a state of altercation, S.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _kiaenk-a_, arridere.
~Cangling~, _s._ Altercation, S.
_Z. Boyd._
~Cangler~, _s._ A jangler, S.
_Ramsay._
CANKERT, CANKERRIT, _adj._ Cross, ill-conditioned, S.
_Douglas._
CANNA DOWN, CANNACH, _s._ Cotton gra.s.s, Eriophorum v.a.g.i.n.atum, Linn. S.
Gael. _cannach_, id.
_Grant._
CANNA, CANNAE, cannot; compounded of _can_, v., and _na_ or _nae_, not, S.
_Percy._
CANNAS, CANNES, _s._
1. Any coa.r.s.e cloth, like that of which sails are made, S. B.
Fr. _cannevas_, E. _canvas_.
2. A coa.r.s.e sheet used for keeping grain from falling to the ground when it is winnowed by means of a _wecht_, S. B.
Hence,
~Cannes-braid~, s. The breadth of such a sheet, S. B.
_Ross._
3. Metaph. the sails of a s.h.i.+p, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
CANNEL, _s._ Cinnamon.
_Statist. Acc._
Fr. _cannelle_, Teut. Dan. _kaneel_, Isl. _ka.n.a.l_.
Hence,
~Cannel-waters~, _s. pl._ Cinnamon waters, S.
CANNELL BAYNE, The collar-bone.
_Wallace._
Fr. _canneau du col_, the nape of the neck.
_To_ CANNEL, _v. a._ To channel, to chamfer, S.
Fr. _cannel-er_, id.
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