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Webster 1913 Edition

(kăn′ĭs-tẽr)

Noun.

[L.

canistrum

a basket woven from reeds Gr. [GREEK], fr.

κάνη

κάννα

reed; cf. F.

canistre

. See

, and

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

Noun.

Properly, a small basket, as in Dryden; but more generally, a small box or case, for tea, coffee, &c.