cant-hookn.
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a. U.S. A form of lever for canting over or turning timber, etc., consisting of a wooden bar with an iron catch or hooked arm near its lower end which passes over the log, grips it, and so affords a hold by which it may be pulled over; called also cant-dog.
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a1848 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms
1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 206/2 Chinese laborers easily roll them down upon the cars, aiding themselves with cant-hooks, jack-screws.
b. ‘A sling with hooks for raising and tilting casks, to empty them.’ U.S.
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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.
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