cant-sparn.
Nautical.
‘A hand-mast pole, fit for making small masts or yards, booms, etc.’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
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cant-spar1611
1611 Rates (Jam.) Cant-spars or fire-poles, the hundreth, xxl.
1727 W. Mather Young Man's Compan. (ed. 13) 410 For which they import..Cantspares.
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