cannis

Istud botta cooperiunt panno serico precioso; et est concauum interius: et super capitellum in medio vel super quadraturam illam ponunt virgulam de calamis pennarum vel cannis gracilibus longitudinis scilicet vnius cubiti et plus: et illam sibi virgulam ornant superius de pennis pauonis, et per longum in circuitu pennulis caudæ malardi, et etiam lapidibus præciosis.

The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253. 2004

Istud botta cooperiunt panno serico precioso; et est concauum interius: et super capitellum in medio vel super quadraturam illam ponunt virgulam de calamis pennarum vel cannis gracilibus longitudinis scilicet vnius cubiti et plus: et illam sibi virgulam ornant superius de pennis pauonis, et per longum in circuitu pennulis caud� malardi, et etiam lapidibus pr鎐iosis.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Grecian origin -- 'cannis Græcus', -- that 'Græcus' was not unfrequently written 'Græius', and thence was derived the term 'greyhound'.

The Dog William Youatt 1811

Also (if to be had) for the use of the artillery, 12 port fires; 150 tubes filled; 50 cannis - ters of grape shot for 4 pounders.

Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792