Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as cant-hook, 1. Brockett.

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Examples

  • He drove his cant-dog point into the floor of the porch and left the tool waggling slowly to and fro.

    Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day 1900

  • Each man bore a tool of some sort, either ax, cant-dog, iron-shod peavey-stick, or cross-cut saw; and the moonshine flashed on the steel surfaces.

    The Rainy Day Railroad War Holman Day 1900

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