Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of cantrip.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Scot. A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.
Examples
“His bright face vanished, with a whisking of brown curls: and Jurgen carefully re-read the cantrap of the Master Philologist.”
“I have a cantrap," said Jurgen; "and my stay in Hell has taught me how to use it.”
“And Jurgen perceived that again he had employed his cantrap incorrectly or else that it was impotent to rescue people from”
“Because," said Jurgen, and he drew out the cantrap of the Master”
“Afterward Jurgen tore up the cantrap and scattered its fragments as the Master Philologist had directed.”
“Then he recollected the cantrap of the Master Philologist, which Jurgen had twice employed incorrectly.”
“Ah, but even now I have a plan wherewith to escape your priests: and failing that, I possess a cantrap to fall back upon in my hour of direst need.”
“Jurgen perceived that either he had not employed his cantrap correctly or else that its magic was unappreciated by the leaders of”
“He unfolded the cantrap which had been given him by the Master Philologist, and which Jurgen had treasured against the time when more was needed than a glib tongue.”
“Crimson glass goggles over the eyes gave the look of burning coals; and by some "devilish cantrap strange," some trick in chemistry, at least, little jets of flame appeared to issue from the mouth and nostrils of the mask.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cantrap’.
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Your Mission: Find theTraps
List of words that contain the letter string *trap*. Some are obvious and apparent, such as trapezoid, while others are a bit less apparent, such as contrapuntist, ultraphysical, and intraperitoneal.
trapezoid, contrapuntist, wentletrap, allotetraploid, bootstrap, caltrap, unstrap, Trappist, ultraphysical, trapline, Trapt, autotetraploidy and 195 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (C)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
cacophony, cad, cajole, calamity, camomile, camphor, candlemas, candy apple, canopy, canticle, caparison, caravan and 304 more...
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Words of the Dying Earth
Tales of the Dying Earth is a 2002 anthology volume featuring four novels by Jack Vance: The Dying Earth, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga and Rhialto the Marvellous.
Throughou...deodar, deodand, pelgrane, leucomorph, blister-bush, russet, black burdock, gunmetal, spatterlight, carrack, concertina, terce and 280 more...
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sionnach Also:
noun. A device to ensnare tin cans.
adjective. (derogatory) Deficient in rhyming skills, used to describe a white wannabe rapper, or wigger. Jan 5, 2009
treeseed n. 1. A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co., spelled: Cantrap
Jan 5, 2009