caner

Variant of cane

noun

  1. the slender, jointed, usually flexible stem of any of certain plants, as bamboo or rattan
  2. any plant with such a stem, as sugar cane or sorghum
  3. the woody stem of a small fruiting or flowering plant, as the blackberry or rose
  4. any of a genus (Arundinaria) of tall grasses of the S U.S.
  5. a stick or rod used for flogging
    1. walking stick (sense )
    2. an aluminum or wooden rod with a curved handle, used for support in walking
  6. a split rattan, used in weaving chair seats, wickerwork, etc.

Origin: ME & OFr canne < It canna < L, reed, cane < Gr kanna; prob. < Assyr qanū (or Heb qaneh), tube, reed < Sumerian gin

transitive verb caned, caning

  1. to flog with a cane
  2. to make or furnish (chairs, etc.) with cane

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