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Definition of Canisters
1. canister [n] - See also: canister
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canisters
Literary usage of Canisters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"The War Board Issues a Circular Relative to Cartridge Boxes and canisters.
.Wai- Office March 28th 1778. Sir, I do myself the honor to inclose you the ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1852)
"... proof of the value of the invention to excuse a joke or two, and conclude,
ere we leave our reader like one of the canisters—an exhausted receiver. ..."
3. Spent Nuclear Fuel Discharges from U. S. Reactors (1993) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"canisters A canister is a container which may hold spent nuclear fuel, ...
These canisters are temporarily stored in spent fuel pools at reactor sites and ..."
4. Gas Warfare by Edward Samuel Farrow (1920)
"CHAPTER III Gas Defense Equipment, the Problem of Gas Masks, Box Respirator
Equipment, Canister Ingredients, Carbon (Charcoal) for American canisters, ..."
5. The Wassail-bowl by Albert Smith (1843)
"From the aforesaid canisters we were enabled to glean much valuable pictorial
information respecting the domestic manners of the Chinese. ..."
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