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cant-hook
cant-hook (ˈkænthʊk) [f. cant v.2 + hook.] † 1. pl. north. dial. ‘The fingers’ (Halliwell). 2. U.S. A form of lever for canting over or turning timber, etc., consisting of a wooden bar with an iron catch or hooked arm near its lower end which passes over the log, grips it, and so affords a hold by w... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cant hook
A cant hook or pike or a hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills. A cant dog has a blunt end, or possibly small teeth for friction. A peavey o... wikipedia.org
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cant-dog
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 o... Oxford English Dictionary
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pevy
peavey, pevy U.S. (ˈpiːvɪ) Also pivie. [From the surname, Peavey, of the inventor.] A lumberer's cant-hook having a spike at the end of the lever.1878 Lumberman's Gaz. 16 Mar., The best cast steel Pevy made in the world. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 714/2 The banking-ground swarms with men armed with p... Oxford English Dictionary
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cant
▪ I. cant, n.1 (kænt) Also 5–8 kant. [Found c 1400; rare before 1600. Words identical in form and corresponding in sense are found in many languages, Teutonic, Slavonic, Romanic, Celtic. Cf. Du. kant, MDu. cant, border, side, brink, edge, corner, MLG. kant (masc.) point, creek, border, also kante (f... Oxford English Dictionary
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toe
▪ I. toe, n. (təʊ) Forms: α. 1 tá, pl. tán; sing. 4–5 ta, taa; Sc. 6 ta, 9 tae, teae, north. dial. teea; pl. 3 tan, (4 taan); 4 tas, 4–5 taas, 5 taasse; Sc. 6 tais, taiss, tayis, tees, 6– taes, (9 dial. teaes, teaase). β. sing. 3–5 tô, 4–6 too, 5– toe; pl. 3–5 ton, 4–5 tone, toon, 5 toone; 4 tôs, 5 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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box
▪ I. box, n.1 Bot. (bɒks) Also 4–7 boxe. [OE. box, ad. L. bux-us box-tree, Gr. πύξος.] 1. A genus (Buxus) of small evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Euphorbiaceæ; specially B. sempervirens, the Common or Evergreen Box-tree, a native of Europe and Asia; a shrub with deep-green leaves of a thick... Oxford English Dictionary
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Jack
▪ I. Jack, n.1 (dʒæk) Forms: 3–5 Iakke, 3–7 Iacke, 5 Iak, 6–7 Iack, 7– Jack, jack. [A pet-name or by-name, used as a familiar equivalent of John; in ME. Jakke, Jacce, Jacke, a disyllable: cf. the analogous Cebbe, Colle, Dawe, Geffe, Gibbe, Grigge, Hicke, Hobbe, Hogge, Hudde, Judde, Symme, Thomme, Wa... Oxford English Dictionary
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