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/kˈænəstər/ /kˈænɪstər/ Listen

noun

Canister n.

A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc.

A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.

(Mil.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; called also canister shot.

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Etymology of 'Canister'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... cups of China mettle, Canister, cream-jug, tongs, or kettle?' 'Odzooks, I've bowls, and siles, and dishes, Enow to ...

— Ancient Poems, Ballads and Songs of England • Robert Bell

... bold array, Not theirs to falter in the fray, No men more sternly trained than they To meet their deadly doom: While, from a hundred throats agape, A hundred sulphurous flames escape, Round shot, and canister, and grape, The thundering ...

— War Poetry of the South • Various

... slops, And talk in praise of Tea, But I am no Bohemian, So do not like Bohea. If wine's a poison, so is Tea, Though in another shape: What matter whether one is kill'd By canister or grape!" ...

— The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood • Thomas Hood

... crimson flame, while the thunder "shook the mighty deep" and the sulphurous smoke rolled slowly upward and drifted through the rigging. Then again came a minute or so of impressive stillness, while the crews of both looked around to learn the results of the awful tempest of round shot, grape and canister of which they ...

— Dewey and Other Naval Commanders • Edward S. Ellis

... of your Greek and Latin, Mr. Griffith," retorted the commander of the Ariel; "but if you mean that those seven brass playthings won't throw a round-shot as far as any gun of their size and height above the water, or won't scatter grape and canister with any blunderbuss in your ship, you may possibly find an opportunity that will convince you to the ...

— The Pilot • J. Fenimore Cooper

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