Defn: A style of interweaving giving to fabrics a channeled or fluted effect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep.
CANNELURE
Can"ne*lure (kan"ne*lur), n. [F., fr. canneler to groove.] (Mil.)
Defn: A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. —Can"ne*lured (#), a.
CANNERY
Can"ner*y, n.
Defn: A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [U. S.]
CANNIBAL Can"ni*bal, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Hayti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root "propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis." The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.]
Defn: A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. Darwin.
CANNIBAL
Can"ni*bal, a.
Defn: Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. "Cannibal terror." Burke.
CANNIBALISM
Can"ni*bal*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cannibalisme.]