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n. 1. Attachment to the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Strong partiality to the principles and rites of the Church of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The principles of the established church of England; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Attachment to England or English institutions. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Canes [ L., a dog. ] (Zool.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidæ, including the dogs and wolves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Canis major [ L., larger dog ], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. --
‖Canis minor [ L., smaller dog ], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a tropical tree of Florida and West Indies (Pouteria campechiana nervosa) yielding edible fruit.
Syn. -- canistel tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies.
Syn. -- eggfruit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. canistrum a basket woven from reeds Gr. &unr_;, fr. ka`nh, ka`nna reed; cf. F. canistre. See Cane, and Canaster. ] 1. A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principle or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the states of America. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. républicanisme. ] 1. A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The principles and policy of the Republican party, so called [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of papal supremacy; extreme views in support of the authority of the pope; ultramontanism; -- a term used only by persons who are not Roman Catholics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who strongly adheres to the papal authority; an ultramontanist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Volcanic power or action; volcanicity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. volcaniste, vulcaniste. ] 1. One versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who believes in the igneous, as opposed to the aqueous, origin of the rocks of the earth's crust; a vulcanist. Cf. Neptunist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Volcanism. [ 1913 Webster ]