Middle English Dictionary Entry
canọ̄n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | canọ̄n n. Also canoun. |
| Etymology | OF, from It. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A piece of artillery, cannon; (b) part of a still.
Associated quotations
a
- [ (1338) Doc.in Nicolas Navy 2475 : Canons de ferr sanz estuff..un canon de ferr ove ii chambres, un autre de bras ove une chambre..iii canons de ferr ove v chambres. ]
- [ (1378) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)7.187 : Duo magna & Duo minora Ingenia vocata Canons, Sexcentas Petras pro eisdem Ingeniis. ]
- (1400) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.54 : [Eight short barrels (L ollas) of] canons [eight stokkes of] canons.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2854 : The canonys, the bumbard, & the gunne, Thei bloweth out the voys & stonys grete.
- (1467) Paston (Gairdner)4.266 : They ryd and go dayly..in the contre, in ther trossyng dowblettis with bombardys and kanonys and chafeveleyns.
- (1474) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)11.841 : Necnon ad Bumbardos, Canones, Culverynes, Fowelers, Serpentynes, & alios Canones.
b
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)183 : Hyt ys better at þe fyrst distyllacyon of þe canoun, þan at þe þrydde dystyllacyon of þe serpentory.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. canon.