Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Canal

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Canal


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(1):

(n.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.

(2):

(n.) A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal.

(3):

(n.) An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.