† ˈcanous, a. Obs. rare.
Also spelt -ois, -us, cannos.
[f. L. cānus hoary.]
Grey, hoary.
| 1513 Douglas æneis v. vii. 97 Or that wnfreindlie eild had thus besprent My heid and halfettis baith with canus [ed. 1553 canous] hair. Ibid. v. xii. 144 To Troiane ingill, and the cannos [ed. 1553 canois] Veste. |