canstickt (kanstik)

A contraction of can dlestick. I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd. The sheltie canted its rider into the little brook. Scott , Pirate. 5. To cut off an angle of, as of a square piece of timber. II. in trans. To tilt or incline; have a slant. The table is made to cant as usual, being clamped in position by a nut screwed up against a quadrant underneath. Ure, Dict., IV. 963.