canet

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noun A name of the bamboo mole-rats of the genus Rhizomys, as R. sumatranus.

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` ` Your worship is perfectly in rule, '' said another voice, which, from its pert conceited accent, might be that of the cleric, ` ` and the party must be conformable; he hath canet written on his face in court hand. ''

Rob Roy 1887
"Your worship is perfectly in rule," said another voice, which, from its pert conceited accent, might be that of the cleric, "and the party must be conformable; he hath _canet_ written on his face in court hand."

Rob Roy — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
"Your worship is perfectly in rule," said another voice, which, from its pert conceited accent, might be that of the cleric, "and the party must be conformable; he hath _canet_ written on his face in court hand."

Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801
Tfi nemus omne canet 5 nec Phoebo gratior uUa cft,

P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796
Te nemusonuie canet j nec Phcebo gratior ulla eft,

P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
“and the party must be conformable; he hath canet written on his face in court hand.”

Rob Roy 2005
miles io magna uoce triumphe canet. tunc Messalla meus pia det spectacula turbae

In Honour of Messalinus, elected Guardian of the Sibylline Oracles Tibullus 1912