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Webster 1913 Edition

Cantrip

{

Can′trap

,

Can′trip

, }

Noun.

[Cf. Icel.

gandar

, ODan. & OSw.

gan

, witchcraft, and E.

trap

a snare,

tramp

.]

A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.

[Written also

cantraip

.]

[Scot.]