Canal vs Luscious - What's the difference?
canal | luscious |
An artificial waterway, often connecting one body of water with another
A tubular channel within the body.
To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
* {{quote-book, year=1968, title=Proceedings, author=Louisiana State University, page=165
, passage= In the mangrove-type salt marsh, the entire marsh must be canaled or impounded. }}
To travel along a canal by boat
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=William Yoast Morgan, title=A Journey of a Jayhawker, page=211, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=vTELAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA211
, passage=Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.}}
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sweet and pleasant; delicious
* 1863 , H.S. Thompson, Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz
sexually appealing; seductive
* 1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
obscene
* 1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill: A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text
As a noun canal
is canal.As an adjective luscious is
sweet and pleasant; delicious.canal
English
(wikipedia canal)Noun
(en noun)Verb
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luscious
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks
- There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits.
- With one hand he gently disclosed the lips of that luscious mouth of nature
- Hitherto I had been indebted only to the girls of the house for the corruption of my innocence: their luscious talk, in which modesty was far from respected
