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    canon , n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. κανών rule, rod, fr. κάνη, κάννη, reed. See Cane, and cf. Canonical.]
    1. A law or rule.
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      Or that the Everlasting had not fixed
      His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
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    2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.
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      Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry.
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    3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.
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    4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
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    5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
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    6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
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    7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one after another, at regular intervals, successively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.
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    8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.
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    9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank. [See Illust. of Bell.]
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    10. (Billiards) See Carom.
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      Apostolical canons. See under Apostolical. -- Augustinian canons, Black canons. See under Augustinian. -- Canon capitular, Canon residentiary, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year). -- Canon law. See under Law. -- Canon of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes. -- Honorary canon, a canon{6} who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours. -- Minor canon (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend. -- Regular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual community and followed the rule of St. Austin; a Black canon. -- Secular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery, but kept the hours.
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    Shank , n. (Zool.) See Chank.
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    Shank, n. [OE. shanke, schanke, schonke, AS. scanca, sceanca, sconca, sceonca; akin to D. schonk a bone, G. schenkel thigh, shank, schinken ham, OHG. scincha shank, Dan. & Sw. skank. √161. Cf. Skink, v.]
    1. The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.
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      His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
      For his shrunk shank.
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    2. Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved. Specifically: (a) That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock. (b) The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms. (c) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle. (d) A loop forming an eye to a button.
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    3. (Arch.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
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    4. (Founding) A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
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    5. (Print.) The body of a type.
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    6. (Shoemaking) The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
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    7. (Zool.) A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks.
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    8. pl. Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
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      Shank painter (Naut.), a short rope or chain which holds the shank of an anchor against the side of a vessel when it is secured for a voyage. -- To ride shank's mare, to go on foot; to walk.
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    Shank, v. i. To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off.
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