13. (v.t.)cant to bevel; form an oblique surface upon.
14. cant to put in an oblique position; tilt; tip.
15. cant to throw with a sudden jerk.
16. (v.i.)cant to take or have an inclined position; tilt; turn.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME: side, border < AF cant, OF chant)
Definition of 'cant'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)buzzword, cant stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
2. (noun)bank, cant, camber 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
3. (noun)slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) "they don't speak our lingo"
4. (noun)cant, pious platitude insincere talk about religion or morals
5. (verb)bevel, cant, chamfer two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
6. (verb)cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch heel over "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
Definition of 'cant'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)cant of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar
2. (noun)cant a corner; angle; niche
3. (noun)cant an outer or external angle
4. (noun)cant an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl
5. (noun)cant 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
6. (noun)cant a segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask
7. (noun)cant a segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel
8. (noun)cant a piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads
9. (noun)cant an affected, singsong mode of speaking
10. (noun)cant the idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation
11. (noun)cant the use of religiousphraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy
12. (noun)cant vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars
13. (noun)cant a call for bidders at a public sale; an auction
14. (verb)cant to incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship
15. (verb)cant to give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football
16. (verb)cant to cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt
17. (verb)cant to speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone
18. (verb)cant to make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic
19. (verb)cant to use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning
20. (verb)cant to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction
Definitions of 'cant'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. cant affectation of thinking, believing, and feeling what one in his heart and reality does not, of which there are two degrees, insincere and sincere; insincere when one cants knowing it, and sincere when one cants without knowing it, the latter being of the darker and deeper dye.