Hypertext Webster Gateway: "canning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Can \Can\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Canned}; p. pr. &vb. n.
{Canning}.]
To preserve by putting in sealed cans [U. S.] ``Canned
meats'' --W. D. Howells.
{Canned goods}, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat,
or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.
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