† canousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Grey, hoary.
ΚΠ
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. xii. 144 To Troiane Ingil, and the cannos [1553 cannois] Veste.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. vii. 97 Or that onfrendlych eild had thus bysprent My hed and halffettis baith with canus [1553 canus] hair.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
<
adj.a1522- to plough the sand
- to plough the sands
- to plough the soil up on an edge
- to plough under
- to plough up
- to plough with a person's calf
- to plough with a person's etc
- to plough with a person's heifer
- to plough with a person's ox
- to plough with one's heifer
- to pluck a pigeon
- to pluck a rose
- to pluck by the ears
- to pluck live asunder
- to pluck or pull a crow with one or together
- to pluck the grass to know where the wind sits
- to pluck the low-hanging fruit
- to pluck the lowhanging fruit
- to pluck the proctor's gown
- to pluck the ribbon
- to pluck up
- to pluck up courage
- to pluck up etc
- to pluck up heart
- to pluck up one's courage