• | A corner; angle; niche. |
• | An outer or external angle. |
• | An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or
bevel; a titl. |
• | 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. |
• | A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. |
• | A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. |
• | A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the
bulkheads. |
• | To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon
the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship. |
• | To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant
round a stick of timber; to cant a football. |
• | To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of
timber, or from the head of a bolt. |
• | An affected, singsong mode of speaking. |
• | The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or
occupation. |
• | The use of religious phraseology without understanding or
sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy. |
• | Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies,
thieves, tramps, or beggars. |
• | Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar. |
• | To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong
tone. |
• | To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an
affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as,
a canting fanatic. |
• | To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or
technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning. |
• | A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction. |
• | to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. |