cant¹ /kant/

1. To speak in a whining or wheedling manner
2. To use language whose meaning has evaporated from continued repetition
3. To use the specialized vocabulary or jargon of thieves, politicians, lawyers, etc
4. To talk in an affectedly solemn or hypocritical way

1. A hypocritical, affected or perfunctory style of speech or thought
2. The vocabulary or language peculiar to a particular group or sect
3. Odd or peculiar talk of any kind
4. Slang
5. A common saying or stock phrase
6. Affected use of religious phrases or moral sentiments

Of or relating to cant

cantˈer noun

1. A person who cants, esp a beggar
2. A person who makes hypocritical or affected statements

cantˈing adjective

Whining, pretending to piety

cantˈingly adverb

canting arms plural noun (heraldry)

A coat of arms in the form of a rebus, or a visual pun on the bearer's surname

cant² /kant/

1. An inclination from the vertical or horizontal plane
2. A toss or jerk which tilts or turns anything
3. A sloping or tilted position or face
4. One of the segments forming a side-piece in the head of a cask
5. A ship's timber lying obliquely to the line of the keel

1. To turn on the edge or corner
2. To tilt or toss suddenly
3. To tilt or slope

—Also spelt kant

cantˈed adjective

Tilted, sloping

cantˈing noun

Tilting

cantˈ-board noun

A sloping board

cantˈdog or cantˈhook noun (forestry)

A metal hook on a long handle, for rolling logs

canted deck noun (aeronautics) see angled deck under angle¹

cantˈing-coin noun

A piece of wood to prevent casks rolling

cantˈing-wheel noun

A wheel with bevelled cogs

cantˈ-rail noun

A timber supporting the roof of a railway carriage

cant³ /kant/

Sale by auction

To sell by auction

cant⁴ /kant/ (Scot and N Eng)

1. Brisk
2. Lively
3. Merry

can't contraction of cannot

Cant.

1. Canterbury
2. Canticles

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