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cant hook

[′kant ‚hu̇k]
(design engineering)
A lever with a hooklike attachment at one end, used in lumbering.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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