An archaic or dialectal term for a channel, groove, or cannulation; a variant spelling of related words.
Possibly from 'canal' or related to 'cannulated.' This appears as a rare or archaic variant in older technical texts.
Some words are linguistic ghosts—'cannat' appears in old texts but disappeared as other terms became standardized, showing how technical vocabularies constantly evolve.
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