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Canal - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Canal : (noun)
1: (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once
thought to be a system of channels; they are now
believed to be an optical illusion
2: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and
conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct
was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is
released through a channel in the snake's fangs" [syn: duct,
epithelial duct, channel]
3: long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for
irrigation
(verb)
1: provide (a city) with a canal [syn: canalize, canalise]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Canal : \Ca*nal"\, n.
A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately
uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as,
Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Canal : \Ca*nal"\, n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel;
prob. from a root signifying ``to cut''; cf. D. kanaal, fr.
the French. Cf. Channel, Kennel gutter.]
1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for
navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the
semicircular canals of the ear.
Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar
shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on
the towpath beside the canal.
Canal lock. See Lock.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CANAL. A trench dug for leading water in a particular direction, and
confining it.
2. Public canals are generally protected by the law which authorizes
their being made. Various points have arisen under numerous laws authorizing
the construction of canals, which have been decided in cases reported in 1
Yeates, 430; 1 Binn. 70; 1 Pennsyl. 462; 2 Pennsyl. 517; 7 Mass. 169; 1
Sumu. 46; 20 Johns. 103, 735; 2 Johns. 283; 7 John. Ch. 315; 1 Wend. 474; 5
Wend. 166; 8 Wend. 469; 4 Wend. 667; 6 Cowen, 698; 7 Cowen, 526 4 Hamm. 253;
5 Hamm. 141, 391; 6 Hamm. 126; 1 N. H. Rep. 339; See River.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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