[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canker \can"ker\ ka^ng"k~er, n. oe. canker, cancre, as.
   cancer akin to d. kanker, ohg chanchar., fr. l. cancer a
   cancer; or if a native word, cf. gr. ? excrescence on tree, ?
   gangrene. cf. also of. cancre, f. chancere, fr. l. cancer.
   see cancer, and cf. chancre.
   1913 webster
   1. a corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading
      gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the
      mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the
      mouth, and noma.
      1913 webster

   2. anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
      1913 webster

            the cankers of envy and faction.      --temple.
      1913 webster

   3. hort. a disease incident to trees, causing the bark to
      rot and fall off.
      1913 webster

   4. far. an obstinate and often incurable disease of a
      horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny
      portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually
      resulting from neglected thrush.
      1913 webster

   5. a kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
      1913 webster

            to put down richard, that sweet lovely rose.
            and plant this thorm, this canker, bolingbroke.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   black canker. see under black.
      1913 webster
see also:
cancer chancre water canker canker of the mouth noma black canker 
black 

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