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Canvass
Canvass Can"vass, v. i.
To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing
a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to
canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity;
-- commonly followed by for.
Canvass
Canvass Can"vass, n.
1. Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a
canvass of votes. --Bacon.
2. Examination in the way of discussion or debate.
3. Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to
obtain votes, subscribers, etc.
No previous canvass was made for me. --Burke.
CanvassCanvass Can"vass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. canvassed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Canvassing.] [OF. Canabasser to examine curiously,
to search or sift out; properly, to sift through canvas. See
Canvas, n.]
1. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize;
as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a
district with reference to its probable vote.
I have made careful search on all hands, and
canvassed the matter with all possible diligence.
--Woodward.
2. To examine by discussion; to debate.
An opinion that we are likely soon to canvass. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
3. To go trough, with personal solicitation or public
addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass
a city for subscriptions. CanvasCanvas Can"vas, n. [OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL.
canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. ?.
See Hemp.]
1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for
tents, sails, etc.
By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led.
--Tennyson.
2.
(a) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for
working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted
work.
(b) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been
prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in
oil.
History . . . does not bring out clearly upon
the canvas the details which were familiar. --J.
H. Newman.
3. Something for which canvas is used:
(a) A sail, or a collection of sails.
(b) A tent, or a collection of tents.
(c) A painting, or a picture on canvas.
To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see.
--Goldsmith.
Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of
Claude. --Macaulay.
4. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary
or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the
measure of the verses he is to make. --Grabb. Canvas
Canvas Can"vas, a.
Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse
cloth; as, a canvas tent.
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