Definition of Canticoy

1. n. A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.

Definition of Canticoy

1. Noun. (archaic) A social gathering, usually for dancing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canticoy

1. kantikoy [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: kantikoy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canticoy

canthitises
cantholysis
canthomeatal plane
canthook
canthooks
canthoplasties
canthoplasty
canthorrhaphy
canthotomy
canthus
cantic
canticle
cantico
canticoed
canticos
canticoy (current term)
canticoys
canticum
canticums
cantier
cantiest
cantiga
cantigas
cantilena
cantilenas
cantilever
cantilever beam
cantilever bridge
cantilevered
cantilevering

Literary usage of Canticoy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"canticoy or Cantica. An Algonkin word, denoting an act of worship; applied by the ... 275), says the canticoy appears to have been a dance which the Indians ..."

2. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"... called the canticoy 'a dancing match, a festival time.' Rev. Andrew Hesselius (Nelson, Inds. of NJ, 79, 1894), who witnessed the first-fruits sacrifice ..."

3. Journal of a Voyage to New York and a Tour in Several of the American by Jasper Danckaerts, Peter Sluyter (1867)
"... wind and squalls, until the time of the sun's 1 The canticoy appears to have been a dance which the Indians practiced on various occasions. ..."

4. The Charter of Liberties Granted to Patroons and Colonists, A.D. 1629: And by West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) (1857)
"... few Indian words adopted by the whites, and is still in use among our old inhabitants to designate a dancing frolic. It is by them pronounced "canticoy. ..."

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