CANT

bevel, cant, chamfer

(noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

buzzword, cant

(noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

cant, pious platitude

(noun) insincere talk about religion or morals

slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular

(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); “they don’t speak our lingo”

bank, cant, camber

(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

cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

(verb) heel over; “The tower is tilting”; “The ceiling is slanting”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

cant (usually uncountable, plural cants)

(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

Synonyms: argot, jargon, slang

(countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

Synonyms: argot, jargon, slang

A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.

(uncountable, pejorative) Empty, hypocritical talk.

(uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.

(countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.

(obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

Verb

cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)

(intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.

(intransitive) To speak in set phrases.

(intransitive) To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.

(intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.

(obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.

Etymology 2

Noun

cant (plural cants)

(obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.

Slope, the angle at which something is set.

A corner (of a building).

Synonym: corner

An outer or external angle.

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

Synonyms: bevel, slope, tilt

A movement or throw that overturns something.

A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.

(coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.

(nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

Verb

cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)

(transitive) To set (something) at an angle.

(transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.

(transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.

(transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

Etymology 3

Verb

cant (third-person singular simple present cants, present participle canting, simple past and past participle canted)

(transitive, obsolete) To divide or parcel out.

Noun

cant (plural cants)

(regional, forestry) A parcel, a division.

Etymology 4

Adjective

cant (not comparable)

(British, dialect) Lively, lusty.

Anagrams

• NCTA, T-Can

Proper noun

Cant

A surname.

Anagrams

• NCTA, T-Can

Source: Wiktionary

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Cant, n. Etym: [OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. 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. B. Jonson.

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)

Definition: A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight.

6. (Mech.)

Definition: A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. Knight.

7. (Naut.)

Definition: 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, 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, n. Etym: [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. Dryden.

3. The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy. They shall hear no cant fromF. W. Robertson

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

Cant, a.

Definition: Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar. To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language. Swift.

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. Beau. & Fl.

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 meseræum and the mesentericum, What does he else but cant. B. Jonson That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting hanguage, if I may so call it. Bp. Sanderson.

Cant, n. Etym: [Prob. from OF. cant, equiv. to L. quantum; cf. F. encan, fr. L. in quantum, i.e. "for how much"]

Definition: A all for bidders at a public sale; an auction. "To sell their leases by cant." Swift.

Cant, v. t.

Definition: to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. [Archaic] Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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