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CANOE (from Carib. candoa, the West I...

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 189 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CANOE (from Carib. candoa, the See also:West See also:Indian name found in use by See also:Columbus; the Fr. canot, See also:boat, and Ger. See also:Kahn, are derived from the See also:Lat. canna, See also:reed, See also:vessel)  , a sort of See also:general See also:term for a See also:boat See also:sharp at both ends, originally designed for propulsion by one or more paddles (not oars) held without a fixed fulcrum, the paddler facing the See also:bow . As the See also:historical native name for certain types of boat used by savages, it is applied in such cases to those which, like other boats, are open within from end to end, and the See also:modern " See also:Canadian See also:canoe " preserves this sense; but a more specific usage of the name is for such See also:craft as differ essentially from open boats by being covered in with a See also:deck, except for a " well " where the paddler sits . Modern developments are the cruising canoe, combining the use of See also:paddle and sails, and the racing canoe, equipped with sails only . The See also:primitive canoes were See also:light frames of See also:wood over which skins (as in the See also:Eskimo canoe) or the bark of trees (as in the NorthAmericanlndians' See also:birch-bark canoe) were tightly stretched . The modern painted See also:canvas canoe, built on See also:Indian lines, was a natural development of this See also:idea . The Indian also used, and the See also:African still uses, the " dug-out," made from a See also:tree hollowed by See also:fire after the manner of See also:Robinson Crusoe . Many of these are of considerable See also:size and carrying capacity; one in the New See also:York Natural See also:History Museum from See also:Queen See also:Charlotte's See also:Island is 63 ft. See also:long, 8 ft . 3 in. wide, and 5 ft. deep, cut from a single See also:log . The " See also:war canoe " of paddling races is its modern successor . In the islands of the Pacific primitive canoes are wonderfully handled by the natives, who make long See also:sea voyages in them, often stiffening them by attaching another See also:hull (see See also:CATAMARAN) . In the earlier See also:part of the 19th See also:century, what was known as a " canoe " in See also:England was the See also:short covered-in craft, with a " well " for the paddler to sit in, which was popularly used for short See also:river practice; and this type still survives . But the See also:sport of canoeing in any real sense See also:dates from 1865, when See also:John Mac-Gregor (q.v.) designed the canoe "Rob See also:Roy " for long journeys by See also:water, using both See also:double-bladed paddle and sails, yet light enough (about 701b) to be carried over See also:land .

The general type of this canoe is built of See also:

oak with a See also:cedar deck; the length is from The Demi-See also:Cannon weighs about 6000 See also:pound and shoots a See also:bullet of 28 or 30 pound . . . . These three several guns are called cannons of eight, cannons of seven and cannons of six." The generic sense of " cannon, " in which the word is now exclusively used, is found along with the See also:special sense above mentioned as See also:early as 1474 . A See also:warrant of that See also:year issued by See also:Edward IV. of England to See also:Richard Copcote orders him to provide "bumbardos, canones, culverynes . . . et alios canones quoscumque, ac pulveres, sulfa . . . . See also:pro eisdem canonibus necessaries." " See also:Artillery " and " See also:ordnance," however, were the more usual terms up to the See also:time of See also:Louis XIV . (c . 1670), about which time heavy ordnance began to be classified according to the See also:weight of its shot, and the special sense of " cannon " disappears . CANNON-See also:BALL TREE (Couroupita guianensis), a native of tropical See also:South See also:America (See also:French See also:Guiana), which bears large spherical woody fruits, containing numerous seeds, as in the allied genus Bertholletia (See also:Brazil See also:nut) .

End of Article: CANOE (from Carib. candoa, the West Indian name found in use by Columbus; the Fr. canot, boat, and Ger. Kahn, are derived from the Lat. canna, reed, vessel)
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