canker
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Is canker a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.Synonyms: avian trichomoniasis, roup, frouncecountableuncountable
2. (rare, now Cornwall) A crab.Examples: "This Caſtoꝛ liueth by water and lande, he loueth to feede vpon Crabbes and Cankers of the Sea."; "It is this power of active motion which has obtained it a local name in the West of Cornwall, where, as crabs in general are termed "cankers," this species is distinguished by the name of "flying canker.""Cornwallcountablerareuncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.Examples: "Still onward winds the dreary way; / I with it; for I long to prove / No lapse of moons can canker Love, / Whatever fickle tongues may say."transitive
2. (transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.transitive
3. (intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.intransitive
4. (intransitive) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.Examples: "as with age his body uglier grows, So his mind cankers."; "[…] the road, always in bad condition, was edged with dog roses that scratched the paint. Blossom after blossom crept past them, draggled by the ungenial year: some had cankered, others would never unfold:"intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary