dial. or slang. Obs. Dumb.

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1673.  R. Head, Canting Acad., 36. Cank, dumb.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, II. iii. § 68. Canke, a Dumb Man.

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1731–1800.  Bailey, Cank, dumb. C[ountry Word].

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