Vocabulary : Canaries to Canceling

Canaries : of Canary
Canary : Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds. ;; Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. ;; Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack. ;; A canary bird. ;; A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird. ;; A quick and lively dance. ;; To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper.
Canary bird : A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.
Canaster : A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America.
Cancan : A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.

Cancel : To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. ;; To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. ;; To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. ;; To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. ;; To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. ;; An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. ;; The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. ;; The part thus suppressed.
Canceled : of Cancel
Canceleer : The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop.
Cancelier : To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. ;; Alt. of Canceleer
Canceling : of Cancel

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