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Cancicular Days

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The dog-days, corresponding with the overflow of the Nile. From the middle of July to the beginning of the second week in September. (Latin, canicŭla, diminutive of canis, a dog.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Candau les
Candidate
Candide
Candle
Candle-holder
Candles of the Night
Candlemas Day
Candour (Mrs.)
Canens
Canephoræ (in architecture)
Cancicular Days
Canicular Period
Canicular Year
Canidia
Canister
Canker
Cannæ
Cannel Coal
Cannibal
Cannon (in billiards)
Canoe