[abbr. of Christopher.] In phr. Kit with the canstick or candlestick = JACK-O’-LANTERN.
1584. R. Scot, Discov. Witchcr., VII. xv. (1886), 122. They have so fraied us with bull beggers, spirits, witches, urchens, elves, hags,… kit with the cansticke.
[a. 1627. Middleton, Witch, I. ii. (1885), V. 372.]
