cant-dogn.
/ˈkantdɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈkæntˌdɔɡ/, /ˈkæntˌdɑɡ/ northern dialect.
‘A hand-spike with a hook’ (Halliwell); = cant-hook n. 2a.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lever or crowbar > [noun] > lever with claw end
cant-dog1850
claw-lever1892
wrecking bar1924
the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > lever for turning timber
cant-hooka1848
cant-dog1850
peavey1907
1850 S. Judd Richard Edney xxv. 272 Leaning on a cant-dog, he could talk with Melicent and Barbara.
1868 Harper's Mag. Mar. 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 17 220/2 Cant dog, a peavey; the riverman's tool.
a1951 B. Cronin in Austral. Short Stories (1951) 167 The duty of a cant-dog man is to orient the logs.
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