2. Noun. The process of preserving food by heat processing in a sealed vessel (a sealed jar or can). ¹
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Definition of Canning
1. the business of preserving food in airtight containers [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canning
Literary usage of Canning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1858)
"The Evidence of Elizabeth canning fully confuted. By Britanniens. Lond. 1763,8vo.
A clear State of the Case of Elizabeth canning, by Henry Fielding, ..."
2. The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: Comprising His Letters, Private by Rufus King (1900)
"... canning—Answer—King to canning—Urge Settlement by Instruction to English
Commissioner—King to Secretary d State—Reports Causes of Delay—Suggests canning ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Sidmouth, canning^ old opponent, left the Ministry; Liverpool promised canning
his hearty support in his new projects. Thus canning was able to give ..."
4. History of England from the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward by Thomas Frederick Tout (1906)
"At last, on September 6, the duke informed canning of his own intention to retire
on the ground ... Thereupon canning promptly sent in his own resignation, ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"In his management of the postal department, canning established a reputation ...
canning was not less desirous than the majority of his predecessors for a ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1858)
"Lord canning has now made appearance on his own behalf. ... They staked their
credit as a party in justifying Lord canning and in criminating the Ministry. ..."
7. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"An Irish actor, Moody, took young canning to his uncle, Stratford canning, ...
It was modeled on the Spectator, ridiculed modes and GEORGE canning customs, ..."
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