CANT

Definitions for the word, cant

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

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

(n.) A corner; angle; niche.

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

(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 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.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

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

(n.) An outer or external angle.

(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.

(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 speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

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

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

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