Obs. rare. [app. related to CHAWN; history obscure: the form agrees with OE. cán, pa. t. of cínan, CHINE.] A gap, cleft, chink.
1584. R. Scot, Discov. Witchcr., XVI. v. 404. Witches can … come in at a little coane, or a hole in a glasse windowe.
