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▪ I. † ˈcantic, -ick, n. Obs.
[a. F. cantique, ad. L. canticum: see cantica]
A song, a canticle.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 27 b/1 It is said in the Cantykes Canticorum ii Aryse thou my spouse, etc. 1613R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Canticke, a song. 1653Urquhart Rabelais i. xxiii, Canticks, made in praise of the divine bounty. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. iii. i. 2 We find not..in the Psalter, or Lamentations any Cantic bound up by Laws of Metre. [1867Cornh. Mag. 473 A cantique by the village-girls.]
▪ II. cantic, a.|ˈkæntɪk|
[f. cant n.1, or its Romanic cognates + -ic.]
cantic quoins (coins): ‘short three-edged pieces of wood to steady casks from labouring against each other’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). Cf. also cantling 2.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Quoin, Cantic Quoins are short, three legged [? edged] quoins, put between casks to keep them steady. 1753― Supp., Canting coins, in ship building, the same as cantic coins. |