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Definition of Canals
1. canal [v] - See also: canal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canals
Literary usage of Canals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Tabular stmt. of cost of all weigh locks on NY state canals, showing location,
... Cost of transportation upon enlarged canals with horsepower. ..."
2. A Text-book of Physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1907)
"The membranous semicircular canals lie within the bony semicircular canals, ...
Within the membranous canals is the enclo- lymph, which communicates through ..."
3. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1922)
"624. Commercial benefit of the canals. — The canals effected a ... The tolls
varied on different articles and were not the same on different canals, ..."
4. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1914)
"Locks, for controlling the flow and level of the water, were invented toward the
end of the Middle Ages, and a considerable extent of canals had been ..."
5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The membranous portion of the semicircular canals consists of a tube, dilated at
one end into a swelling or pouch, termed the ampulla, ..."
6. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1858)
"The annexed table furnishes, we think, the first complete list of the canals in
the United States given to the public. It was compiled by RICHARD S. FISHER, ..."