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  Dents canines. A mans tushes; or, the teeth where-*with he breakes his meat. Rose canine. A wild Rose. Looke Rose. Canisse: f. A little table, or hurdle, of reeds, whereon fruits are dried, or silkewormes fed.

Canivet: m. A Penknife.

Cannamelle: f. The sweet cane, or sugar cane.

Canne: f. A reed, or cane; also, an Hebrew measure of nine foot; (the ordinarie one; for, Canne du Sanctuaire, was tenne) also, a kind of long Pipe vsed in distillings. Spodon de canne. Looke Spodon. Canneau du cól: m. The nape of the necke.

Cannelle. as Canelle. Canne petiere. See Cane petiere. Cannetille. as Canetille. Cannisade: f. A cage, or basket, of reeds.

Cannisse: f. as Canisse. Cannoniquement. See Canoniquement. Cannule: f. A little cane, reed, pipe, or hollow straw, through which one may sucke, blow, or conuey, any moisture, smoake, pouder, &c. Cannule parfumatoire. as Canon parfumatoire. Cannulé. Hollowed like a reed, or cane; or, as Canelé. Canolle: f. A haukes Narell; one of the little holes whereat she drawes in, and lets out, her breath.

Canon: m. A Law; a Rule, Decree, Ordnance, Canon of the Law; also, a publicke, and authenticall Rowle, or Catalogue; also, the Gunne tearmed, a Canon; also, the barell of any Gunne; and (more generally) any Instrument, or thing, that is long, and hollow, as the barell of a Gunne; also, the sound-boord of an Organ; also, a Graffe; (Seeke, Enter en Canon;) also, a Canon-bitt for a horse; also, a little Ducke, or Drake. Canon de Casse. The cod, or pipe of Cassia fistula. Canons de Chausses. Cannyons. Canon parfumatoire. A long funnell (strait, or crooked, as the parts for which it is to be vsed) wherewith Surgeons perfume, bathe, or moisten the Narrels, eares, fundament, &c. Canon pevier. A Canon Peuier, or Perrier; a great murthering Peece of a wide Bore, and thin barell, charged (most commonly) with a stone. Canon de suls. A Kex, or Elder sticke; also, a Pot-*gunne made thereof. Bailler le canon. To deceiue, gull, cousen.

Canonicat: m. A Canonship, or Canons place, in a Cathedrall church.

Canonique: com. Canonicall, authenticall; orderlie, according vnto rules; also, receiued, or put into the Roll, Catalogue, or List of.

Canoniquement. Canonically, authentically; also, orderly, in due forme, true season, right manner.

Canoniste: m. A Canonist; a Professor of, or Practiser in, the Canon Law.

Canonization: f. A canonization, or canonizing.

Canonizé: m. ée: f. Canonized, made holie, or a Saint; receiued, or put into the catalogue of Saints; also, made Canonicall.

Canonizer. To canonize; to make holie, or a Saint; to receiue, or put into the catalogue of Saints.

Canonner. To shoot at, or beat, with a Canon; also, as Enter en Canon. Canonnier: m. A Canoneer, or maister Gunner.

Canonniere: f. A loope-hole, or port-hole, for a peece of Ordnance; also, a Potgunne.

Canore: com. Shrill, ringing; harmonious, melodious, of a pleasant, or pleasing sound.

Canteau. as Chanteau. ¶Pic. Canthare. A certaine duskie, and muddie sea-fish, that neuer changes her mate; also, a great Iug, or Tankard.

Cantharide: f. The venomous greene flye Cantharides; (which breedes in the tops of the Ash, and Oliue, trees.)

Cantharidise: f. A confection of Cantharides.

Canthenot: m. A certaine tawnie, and vnsauorie, sea-*fish. ¶Langued. Canthon. as Canton. Canthonniere. as Cantonniere. Canton: m. A corner, or crosse way, in a street; also, a Canton, or Hundred; a Precinct, or circuit of Territorie, wherein there be diuers good townes, and villages; (This word is proper to Helvetia, or Switzer-*land; which, at this day, consists of thirteene such Cantons.)

Cantonné: m. ée: f. Cantonned, or cantonnized; seuered from the rest of their fellows, and fortified, or quartered apart.

Se Cantonner. To canton, or cantonnize, it; to seuer themselues from the rest of their fellowes, or from the bodie of a State, and fortifie, quarter, or erect a new State, apart.

Cantonniere: f. A Doxie, common hackney, hedge-*whore; one that will lye downe vnder any stall, or in any corner of a street.

Canule: f. A little cane, reed, or pipe. See Cannule. Canus. A kind of strong-toothed, and pearch-like sea-fish, purple on the backe, and on all other parts of a colour, between red, and yellow; lines altogether among rocks, and stones; and is very good meat.

Cap: m. A Promontorie, Cape, hill, or nooke of land outstretched into the sea; a head of land lying out into the sea; also, the head, or niple of a ripe Impostume. Cap d'Escadre, ou d'Escouärde. A Corporall. Cap de mouton. (in a ship is) a certaine flat peece of wood bored full of holes, and seruing to stiffen, or stretch out, the maine sheate; we call it, the Rammes-blocke. Bouter, ou faire cap à la mer. To put backe into the maine, for feare of running vpon shallowes, or comming too neere the shore.

Capable: com. Capable, sufficient; large, big, wide; apt to receiue, or take into it; able to hold, or containe within it; also, of good capacitie, apprehension, vnderstanding.

Capacité: f. Capablenesse, largenesse, receiueablenesse; also, capacitie, wit, vnderstanding; sufficiencie.

Caparasson: m. A Caparison. Caparassonné: m. ée: f. Caparisoned; furnished with, prouided of, attired in, a Caparison.

Caparassonner. To caparison; to furnish with, prouide of, dresse or attire in, or put on, a caparison.

Caparis: m. The Caper tree, or shrub.

Capdastre. A Subsidie booke; a Register of taxes, or of tributes; or, as Cadastre. ¶Langued. Cap-descadre: m. A Corporall.

Capdeul: m. A gentlemans chiefe house; falling (almost euery where) vnto the share of the eldest heire.

Cape: f. A Mariners gowne; or, a short, and sleeuelesse cloake, or garment, that hath, in stead of a cape, a capuche, behind it; also, a hood, or large, and square peece of water Chamlet, &c, wherewith women preserue their heads from wind and raine. See Cappe. Cape de Bearn. A short, and sleeuelesse gown of course white cloth, vsually worne by the poorer inhabitants of that countrey.

Capeau: m. (in some of the outward parts of France) as Chapeau; and hence;