canker – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
canker
v.
destroy, cause decay; injure; become corrupted; infect with canker, become infected as if with canker; corrupt the spirit of;
n.
sore, ulceration of the lips and mouth; plant and trees disease; rot, decay, source of spreading corruption
Canker
Canker and
anthracnose generally refer to many different
plant diseases of such broadly similar
symptoms as the appearance of small areas of dead tissue, which grow slowly, often over years. Some are of only minor consequence, but others are ultimately lethal and therefore of major economic importance in
agriculture and
horticulture. Their causes include such a wide range of organisms as
fungi,
bacteria,
mycoplasmas and
viruses. The majority of canker-causing organisms are bound to a unique host
species or
genus, but a few will attack other plants. Weather and animals can spread canker, thereby endangering areas that have only slight amount of canker.
canker
Noun
1. an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
(hypernym) ulcer, ulceration
Verb
1. become infected with a canker
(hypernym) sicken, come down
2. infect with a canker
(hypernym) infect
Canker
(v. t.)
To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
(v. t.)
To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
(v. i.)
To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
(v. i.)
To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
(n.)
Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
(n.)
A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Canker
To dream of seeing canker on anything, is an omen of evil. It foretells death and treacherous companions for the young. Sorrow and loneliness to the aged. Cankerous growths in the flesh, denote future distinctions either as head of State or stage life.
The last definition is not consistent with other parts of this book, but I let it stand, as I find it among my automatic writings.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project
