Definitions for canting
  • Cant (n.) - A corner; angle; niche.
  • Cant (n.) - An outer or external angle.
  • Cant (n.) - An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
  • Cant (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.
  • Cant (n.) - A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
  • Cant (n.) - A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
  • Cant (n.) - A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
  • Cant (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.
  • Cant (v. t.) - To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
  • Cant (v. t.) - To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
  • Cant (n.) - An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
  • Cant (n.) - The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.
  • Cant (n.) - The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.
  • Cant (n.) - Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.
  • Cant (a.) - Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
  • Cant (v. i.) - To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
  • Cant (v. i.) - To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.
  • Cant (v. i.) - To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.
  • Cant (n.) - A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
  • Cant (v. t.) - to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.
  • Canted (a.) - Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.
  • Canted (a.) - Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
  • Canted (imp. & p. p.) - of Cant
  • Canting (a.) - Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.
  • Canting (n.) - The use of cant; hypocrisy.
  • Canting (p. pr. & vb. n.) - of Cant
  • Cantingly - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
  • Cantings - Sorry, we do not have a definition for this word
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