Vocabulary : Can to Canal

Can : an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.] ;; A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. ;; A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can. ;; To preserve by putting in sealed cans ;; To know; to understand. ;; To be able to do; to have power or influence. ;; To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to.
Can buoy : See under Buoy, n.
Can hook : A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.
Canaanite : A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. ;; A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. ;; A zealot.
Canaanitish : Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.

Canada : A small caon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. ;; A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals.
Canadian : Of or pertaining to Canada. ;; A native or inhabitant of Canada.
Canaille : The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. ;; Shorts or inferior flour.
Canakin : A little can or cup.
Canal : An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc. ;; A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. ;; A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal.

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