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▪ I. † canning, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. can v.1 + -ing1.]
Being able, ability.
a1555Bradford Wks. (Parker Soc.) II. 28 (D.) Why would I not but because I could not? I mean because my canning is taken away by sin. 1615T. Adams White Dev. 38 Cunning served his turn when canning did no good.
▪ II. canning, vbl. n.2|ˈkænɪŋ|
[f. can v.3 + -ing1.]
The preserving of meat, fish, fruit, etc., by sealing up in cans or tins; tinning.
1872in Sacramento Weekly Union 24 Feb. 6 (Hoppe). 1879Echo 18 Oct. 1/5 In canning, every precaution is used to secure the native freshness and flavour of the article preserved. 1882Standard 10 Feb. 5/3 The ‘canning’ of the vast shoals of salmon.
attrib.1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 159 Thistle Haddie Canning and Curing Company. 1884Harper's Mag. July 297/2 The canning house. |