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Canticle of Canticles
cantilena
cantilever
cantilever bridge
cantillate
cantina
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cantle
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cantle
can·tle [ kánt'l ] (plural can·tles)


noun 
Definition:
 
back of saddle: the raised back part of a saddle for a horse
[14th century. Via Anglo-Norman< medieval Latin cantellus "small corner" < Latin cant(h)us (see cant2)]
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