cant : Idioms & Phrases

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cant dog

  • noun a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs
    peavy; dog hook; peavey.
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Cant frames, Cant timbers

  • (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.
Webster 1913

cant hook

  • noun a peavey having a hook instead of a spike; used for handling logs
WordNet
Cant" hook`
Definitions
  1. A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc. U. S. Bartlett.
Webster 1913

cant over

  • verb heel over
    tilt; cant; slant; pitch.
    • The tower is tilting
    • The ceiling is slanting
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