(See quots.)

Of a title or heraldic bearing: belonging to a family. Obsolete. rare.

arms in which the charges make indirect reference to or suggest a pun on the bearer's name, title, occupation, etc.; cf. allusive arms n. at allusive…

Heraldry. canting arms: = allusive arms n. at allusive, adj. compounds. So canting heraldry, canting herald, canting coat.