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Definition of Canstick
1. n. Candlestick.
Definition of Canstick
1. Noun. (obsolete) candlestick ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canstick
1. a candlestick [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canstick
Literary usage of Canstick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"•with the canstick is one of the spirits mentioned by Reginald Scot, 1584.
tHe basa plot upon us , he'll steal hence, And shift a score or two of cups, ..."
2. A Dialogue of the Effectual Proverbs in the English Tongue Concerning Marriage by John Heywood (1906)
"There was, however, a Christmas game called "coll under canstick." CAP, " my cap
is better at ease than my head " (85d). CARDS, " tell thy cards and then ..."
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