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cany en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkeɪni/

Etymology

From cane + -y.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to cane (the plant) or canes.
2. Abounding with canes.
   • Sericana , where Chineses drive With sails and wind their cany waggons light 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

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