Cant(n.)
- An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
Cant(n.)
- A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.
Cant(n.)
- A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
Cant(n.)
- A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
Cant(n.)
- A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
Cant(v. t.)
- To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
Cant(v. t.)
- To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
Cant(v. t.)
- To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
Cant(n.)
- An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
Cant(n.)
- The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.
Cant(n.)
- The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.
Cant(n.)
- Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.
Cant(a.)
- Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
Cant(v. i.)
- To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
Cant(v. i.)
- To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.
Cant(v. i.)
- To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.
Cant(n.)
- A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
Cant(v. t.)
- to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.
Canted(a.)
- Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.
Canted(a.)
- Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
Canting(a.)
- Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.