a poisonous fungus, resembling a mush-room. Glou. Likewise the dog-rose. Devon. Called also the canker-rose.
·noun A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. II. Canker ·noun Anything which corrodes, corru...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A gangrene or mortification which gradually spreads over the whole body (2 Tim. 2:17). In James 5:3 ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
·- The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose. ...
·- That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. ...
·- A fly that preys on fruit. ...
·- A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat. ...
·adj Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. ...
·- ·see <<Canker>>, ·noun, 1. ...