CAMWOOD
Cam"wood, n.
Defn: See Barwood.
CAN
Can,
Defn: an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry.
Note: [See Gan.]
With gentle words he can faile gree. Spenser.
CAN Can, n. Etym: [OE. & AS. canne; akin to D. Kan, G. Kanne, OHG. channa, Sw. Kanna, Dan. kande.]
1. A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. [Shak. ] Fill the cup and fill can, Have a rouse before the morn. Tennyson.
2. A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can.
Note: A can may be a cylinder open at the top, as for receiving the sliver from a carding machine, or with a removable cover or stopper, as for holding tea, spices, milk, oysters, etc., or with handle and spout, as for holding oil, or hermetically sealed, in canning meats, fruits, etc. The name is also sometimes given to the small glass or earthenware jar used in canning.
CAN
Can, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canned; p. pr. &vb. n. Canning.]