LekhoriLekhoriA spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw’d the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight Each in its cauld hand held a light […]
A wilful piece of trickery or mischief.
A minor spell, typically one that can be cast without preparation.
From Middle Scots cantrip, cantrap (“a magic charm; a trick”). Further origin obscure, but likely a corruption of Scottish Gaelic canntaireachd (identical to Irish cantaireacht), referring to a system...
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