Canker(n.)
- 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.
Canker(n.)
- Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
Canker(n.)
- A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
Canker(n.)
- 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.
Canker(n.)
- A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.
Canker(v. t.)
- To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.