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cankering, ppl. a.|ˈkæŋkərɪŋ|
[f. canker v. + -ing2.]
That cankers: see canker v.
1388Wyclif Pref. Ep. Jerome vii. 69 Thorouȝ cancrynge rust [1382 rust wastynge]. 1513More Rich. III (1641) 439 Neither fretting time, nor cancaring oblivion. 1673T. Monck (title) Cure for the Cankering Errors of the New Eutychians. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 196 The rust it had contracted, through the fault of cankering time. 1814Southey Inscript. xxxvii. Wks. III. 158 A slow and cankering malady. 1832Lander Exped. Niger I. i. 32 Cutlasses..half devoured with cankering rust. |