A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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*Cantspar, n. [Later Eng. cantspare (1727).] A pole fit for making small masts or yards. —1612 Bk. Rates 293.
Cantsparis or fyre [= fir] poles
