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noun
1.
a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
2.
Also called canister shot. case shot.
3.
the part of a gas mask containing the neutralizing substances through which poisoned air is filtered.
Origin:
1670–80; < Latin canistrum wicker basket < Greek kánastron, derivative of kánna reed (see cane), with -astron, variant of -tron suffix of instrument (probably from verbal derivatives, as stégastron covering, from stegázein to cover)
1670–80; < Latin canistrum wicker basket < Greek kánastron, derivative of kánna reed (see cane), with -astron, variant of -tron suffix of instrument (probably from verbal derivatives, as stégastron covering, from stegázein to cover)
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case shot
noun
a collection of small projectiles in a case, to be fired from a cannon.
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canister
late 15c., "basket," from L. canistrum "wicker basket" for bread, fruit, flowers, etc., from Gk. kanystron "basket made from reed," from kanna (see cane). It came to mean "metal receptacle" (1711) through influence of can (n.). With a sense of canister shot, it is attested from 1801.
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