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Cañon

Cañon or Cān-yōn', n.

noun

(kăn'yun), n. [Sp. cañon, a tube or hollow.] A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water-courses; — a term in common use in the U. S., in the states and territories bordering upon Mexico. Fremont.

Căn'yŏn, n.

noun

n. See CANON.

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Căn'on, n.p. 191nounA law or rule. Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon’gainst self-slaughter. Shak. 2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the sovereign; a…