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▪ I. ˈcankerfret, n. Obs. or dial. [See next, and the verb.] † 1. Corrosion by rust. Obs.1618 Bolton Florus ii. iii. 86 That the Armes of the Romans might not take dust, or canker-fret. [Or is this vb.?] 2. ‘Copperas’ (? Verdigris). 3. ‘A sore or blister in the mouth. East.’ Halliwell.▪ II. † ˈcanke...
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▪ I. canker, n. (ˈkæŋkə(r)) Forms: 1 cancer, -or, 3 cauncre, 3–4 cancre, 4 kankir, 4, 6 cankre, 5 cankyr, kankere, 6 cancar, cankar, kanker, 6–7 cancker, 4– canker. [a. ONF. cancre, in Central OF. and mod.F. chancre (whence also in Eng. shanker, chancre, q.v.):—L. cancr-um (nom. cancer) crab, also g...
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