canada n also canady. Cp DC ~ n 1-5 for sense 1 .
   1 The areas of mainland North America located esp near the St Lawrence River; the Dominion of Canada excluding Newfoundland and Labrador; the MAINLAND.
   [1583] 1940 Gilbert's Voyages & Enterprises ii, 404 [Hayes' narrative] That which we doe call the Newfoundland, and the Frenchmen Bacalaos, is an Iland or rather (after the opinion of some) it consisteth of sundry Ilands and broken lands, situate in the North regions of America, upon the gulfe and entrance of the great river called S Laurence in Canada. 1708 OLDMIXON 6 Thus they who are Intruders, by their Industry, and the Convenience of their Neighbourhood with Canada, the Country, such as it is, of the French Dominions in America, have got the better Part of this Island, and have a more numerous Colony and better Fortifications than the English. 1793 REEVES 132 Mr Palliser carried into execution upon the coast of Labrador (which by proclamation, the 7th of October 1763, had been separated from Canada, and annexed to the government of Newfoundland) that plan of a free fishery, to be carried on by ships from Great Britain. 1842 BONNYCASTLE i, 142 [In 1809 there was a] scarcity of fresh provisions, in consequence of the prohibition of export from Canada, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward's Island. 1850 [FEILD] 63 Here the govemment is divided from that of Canada by a small stream ... which I [as Bishop] may not ... pass. [c1880] 1933 GREENLEAF (ed) 314 My dear, I'm bound for Canady; / Love Sally, we must part. / I'm forced to leave my blue-eyed girl, / All with an aching heart, / To face cold-hearted strangers / All in some foreign land. 1916 GRENFELL 44 They say blind Pat is going to Canady to get his sight cured t' fall. 1950 Nfld: An Introduction 3 On December 11, 1948, representatives of Canada and Newfoundland, in an historic ceremony in the Senate Chamber at Ottawa, signed final Terms of Union between the two countries. 1974 Evening Telegram 12 Jan, p. 3 And there was a news report that a 'frigid air mass' was moving down on us from Canada—leaving us to wonder just what sort of tropical weather we've been having here for the past few weeks.
   2 Attrib canada board: type of building material made of compacted chips; wallboard.
   1973 WADEL 62 Inside the house, he put new 'canvas' on the kitchen floor, boarded the walls with 'Canada boards,' and painted various things.

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