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Definition of Cant dog
1. Noun. A stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cant Dog
Literary usage of Cant dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1850 Leaning on a cant-dog, he could talk with Melicent and Barbara.—Sylvester
Judd, ' Richard Edney,' p. 272. 1851 All hands are lifting with heavy pries, ..."
2. Maine: A History by Louis Clinton Hatch, Maine Historical Society, American Historical Society (1919)
"In 1858 Joseph Peavey, of Upper Stillwater, as he stood on the bridge there
watching some river-drivers at work with the old "swing- bail" cant-dog, ..."
3. Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States by Ralph Clement Bryant (1913)
"(NF) cant dog. See Cant hook. Cant hook. A tool like a peavey, ... cant dog.
Cap, n. A cone of sheet iron or steel, with a hole in the end through which a ..."
4. Sterling Dialogues: A Choice Collection of Original Dialogues Suitable for edited by William M. Clark (1898)
"For 1 cant dog Beam— Now pray tell me what cau that be ? ... LANCEY—O Mary, I do
not know; I have heard the term, " cant dog beam " used by lumbermen, ..."
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