A Scottish dialect word for a trick, prank, or magical spell; variant of cantrip and cantraip.
Another dialectal variant of 'cantrip,' showing the various ways Scottish speakers pronounced and spelled this word. The multiple variants ('cantrip,' 'cantraip,' 'cantrap') reflect how regional dialects evolved differently before standardized spelling existed.
This word shows how Scots language had its own rich magical vocabulary—'cantrap,' 'cantrip,' and 'cantraip' were all ways to describe the supernatural mischief that filled their folklore!
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