1. A small drinking vessel or cup, typically made of metal or ceramic.
Usage: archaic; also spelled cannikin

Examples

• He raised his canakin in a toast to the captain.
• The sailor drank from a small canakin of rum.
• The tavern keeper filled each canakin with ale.
• She polished the silver canakin until it gleamed.
• The soldiers shared a single canakin of water during the march.