·noun A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
II. Canker ·noun Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
III. Canker ·vt To infect or pollute; to
Corrupt.
IV. Canker ·vi To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
V. Canker ·noun A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
VI. Canker ·vi To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
VII. Canker ·vt To affect as a
canker; to eat away; to
Corrode; to
Consume.
VIII. Canker ·noun 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.
IX. Canker ·noun 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.