1. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. [Obs.] Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding. Bacom.
2. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous. Deceit and cankered malice. Dryden. As with age his body uglier grows, So his mind cankers. Shak.
CANKER-BIT
Can"ker-bit`, a.
Defn: Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. [Obs.]
CANKER BLOOM
Can"ker bloom`.
Defn: The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
CANKER BLOSSOM
Can"ker blos`som.
Defn: That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.]
O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! You thief of Love! Shak.
CANKERED
Can"kered, a.
1. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.