'canker of the mouth' definitions:

Definition of 'canker of the mouth'

From: GCIDE
  • Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ? gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See cancer, and cf. Chancre.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, {canker of the mouth}, and noma. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy. [1913 Webster]
  • The cankers of envy and faction. --Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose. [1913 Webster]
  • To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Black canker. See under Black. [1913 Webster]