Canker \Can"ker\ (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Cankered} (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cankering}.]
1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to
consume.
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No lapse of moons can canker Love. --Tennyson.
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2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. --Addison.
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A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
--Herbert.
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