cantrip


can·trip

C0078600 (kăn′trĭp)n.1. Scots A magic spell; a witch's trick.2. Chiefly British A deceptive move; a sham.
[Origin unknown.]

cantrip

(ˈkæntrɪp) or

cantraip

n1. a magic spell2. (often plural) a mischievous trickadj(of an effect) produced by black magic[C18: Scottish, of unknown origin]

can•trip

(ˈkɑn trɪp)

n. 1. Chiefly Scot. a magic spell; trick by sorcery. 2. Chiefly Brit. artful shamming meant to deceive. [1710–20; appar. dissimilated variant of Old English calcatrippe; see caltrop]

cantrip

A Scottish word for a magic spell.