[f. prec. sb.] trans. a. To put in a canister. b. To fasten a canister to the tail of (a dog). Hence Canistered ppl. a.
1815. Hist. J. Decastro, II. 58. No dog canistered but I held his tail.
1843. A. Fonblanque, in Life & Labours, ii. (1874), 144. The canistered genii … in the ‘Arabian Nights.’
1862. Mark Napier, Life Dundee, II. 124. In the same spirit with which a cruel boy canisters a dog.
