英文字典中文字典Word104.com

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Cant \Cant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Canted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Canting}.]
1. To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon
the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
[1913 Webster]

2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant
round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
[1913 Webster]

3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of
timber, or from the head of a bolt.
[1913 Webster]


Canting \Cant"ing\, n.
The use of cant; hypocrisy.
[1913 Webster]


Canting \Cant"ing\, a.
Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or
religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting
rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adv. --
{Cant"ing*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]

{Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the
nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer.
Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian
IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.
[1913 Webster]