cany

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cany"

English

Etymology

cane +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪni/

Adjective

cany (comparative more cany, superlative most cany)

1. Of or relating to cane (the plant) or canes.
2. Abounding with canes.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Sericana , where Chineses drive
     With sails and wind their cany waggons light

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cany”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• -ancy, cyan, cyan-