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Can" buoy` (?). See under Buoy,
n.

||Can"can (?), n. [F.] A
rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant
postures and gestures.

Can"cel (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Canceled or Cancelled (&?;);
p. pr. & vb. n. Canceling or
Cancelling.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice,
to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF.
canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of
cancer lattice; cf. Gr. &?; latticed gate. Cf.
Chancel.] 1. To inclose or surround,
as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.]

A little obscure place canceled in with
iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was
scourged.

Evelyn.

2. To shut out, as with a railing or with
latticework; to exclude. [Obs.


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