cant-dog north. dial.
(ˈkæntdɒg)
[f. cant v.2 + dog.]
‘A hand-spike with a hook’ (Halliwell); = cant-hook 2.
| 1850 S. Judd R. Edney 272 Leaning on a cant-dog, he could talk with Melicent and Barbara. 1868 Harper's Mag. XXXVI. 420 Six large logs were piled on to one large sled in a moment's time, two or three men assisting with their cant-dogs. 1885 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl., Cant-dogs are coming into use for various purposes. 1942 Amer. Speech XVII. 220/2 Cant dog, a peavey; the riverman's tool. a 1951 B. Cronin in Austral. Short Stories (1951) 167 The duty of a cant-dog man is to orient the logs. |