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† ˈcantling Obs. rare. [app. f. cant, cantle; but cf. scantling.] 1. A small part, corner, section, or division.1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 186 At Dooms-day a less cantling of it than England..will be enough to hold all the dwellers of it. 2. A support under a cask, to keep it steady when lying on ...
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cantic
▪ I. † ˈcantic, -ick, n. Obs. [a. F. cantique, ad. L. canticum: see cantica] A song, a canticle.1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 27 b/1 It is said in the Cantykes Canticorum ii Aryse thou my spouse, etc. 1613 R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Canticke, a song. 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. xxiii, Canticks, made in prais...
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scantling
▪ I. scantling, n. (ˈskæntlɪŋ) Also 6–7 scantlin, skantling, 7 scantelinge. [Etymologizing alteration of scantillon, after -ling1. The development of some of the senses appears to have been influenced by association with scant a.] † 1. a. A builder's or carpenter's measuring-rod. Cf. scantillon 1. O...
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