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Definition of Cannister
1. Noun. Metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour.
Definition of Cannister
1. Noun. (misspelling of canister) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cannister
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannister
Literary usage of Cannister
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forty-four Years of the Life of a Hunter: Being Reminiscences of Meshach by Meshach Browning, Edward Stabler (1859)
"... X. Hunts with Daniel McHenry—In going, kills a Deer and three Bears —Uses Du-
pont's Cannister Powder—Rifle nearly kicks him over—Camps in the Snow—Fine ..."
2. Library of Useful Knowledge (1829)
"When a sheet of tin foil was attached to the frame, and placed at the distance
of two inches from the black ened surface of the tin cannister, no effect was ..."
3. Natural Philosophy: With an Explanation of Scientific Terms, and an Index (1829)
"... much affected as it was by the heat reflected from the uncovered glass mirror.
distance of two inches from the blackened surface of the tin cannister, ..."
4. High-treason, the Trials at Bar of Arthur Thistlewood, Gent., James Watson by Arthur Thistlewood, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Court of King's Bench, Alexander Fraser, Great Britain (1817)
"A. Half a cannister-full of powder, and fifty or sixty balls, in an old stocking,
and a regular cannister of powder. Q. Containing half a pound of powder ? ..."
5. Private and Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler: During the by Benjamin Franklin Butler, Jessie Ames Marshall (1917)
"Quite double the range of ordinary cannister, and that range capable of increasing by
... If I can get the solid case cannister I will use no other. ..."
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