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1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a
spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about
the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the
mouth, and noma.

2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or
destroy.

The cankers of envy and faction.

Temple.

3. (Hort.) A disease incident to
trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.

4. (Far.) An obstinate and often
incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation
of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; --
usually resulting from neglected thrush.

5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the
dog-rose.

To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose.

And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke.

Shak.

Black canker. See under
Black.


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