An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Grant.

CANNA, CANNAE, cannot; compounded of can, v., and na or nae, not, S.
Percy.

CANNAS, CANNES, s.
1. Any coarse cloth, like that of which sails are made, S. B.

Fr. cannevas, E. canvas.

2. A coarse sheet used for keeping grain from falling to the ground when it is winnowed by means of a wecht, S. B.

Hence,

Cannes-braid, s. The breadth of such a sheet, S. B.
Ross.
3. Metaph. the sails of a ship, S. B.
Poems Buchan Dial.

CANNEL, s. Cinnamon.
Statist. Acc.

Fr. cannelle, Teut. Dan. kaneel, Isl. kanal.

Hence,