Noun
two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

Noun
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

Noun
insincere talk about religion or morals

Noun
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don''t speak our lingo"

Noun
a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

Verb
heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"

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n.
A corner; angle; niche.

n.
An outer or external angle.

n.
An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

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.

n.
A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

n.
A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

n.
A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

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.

v. t.
To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

v. t.
To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

n.
An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

n.
The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.

n.
The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

n.
Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.

a.
Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

v. i.
To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

v. i.
To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

v. i.
To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

n.
A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.

v. t.
to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

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Cant

Cant , n. [OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. the corner of the eye, the felly of a wheel; cf. W. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Cf. Canthus, Canton, Cantle.] 1. A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.]

The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant.

2. An outer or external angle. 3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. Totten. 4. 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. 5. (Coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight. 6. (Mech.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. Knight. 7. (Naut.) A piece of wood laid upon athe deck of a vessel to support the bulkneads. Cant frames, Cant timbers (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.

Cant

Cant, v. t. [imp & p. p. Canted; p. pr. & vb. N. Canting.] 1. To incline; to set at an angle; to titl over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship. 2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football. 3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

Cant

Cant, n. [Prob. from OF. cant, F. chant, singing, in allusion to the singing or whining tine of voice used by beggars, fr. L. cantus. See Chant.] 1. An affected, singsong mode of speaking. 2. The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation. Goldsmith.

The cant of any profession.

3. The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

They shall hear no cant from.

4. Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves. tramps, or beggars.

Cant

Cant , a. Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language.

Cant

Cant, v. i. 1. To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, sinsong tone. 2. To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

The rankest rogue that ever canted.

3. To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical termes; to talk with an affectation of learning.

The doctor here, When he discqurseth of dissection, Of vena cava and of vena porta, The meser'91um and the mesentericum, What does he else but cant.

That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting hanguage, if I may so call it.

Cant

Cant, n. [Prob. from OF. cant, equiv. to L. quantum; cf. F. encan, fr. L. in quantum, i.e. "for how much?"] A all for bidders at a public sale; an auction. "To sell their leases by cant." Swift.

Cant

Cant, v. t. to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. [Archaic] Swift.

A corner; angle; niche.

To incline; to set at an angle; to titl over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, sinsong tone.

A all for bidders at a public sale; an auction.

to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.