Definition of cant

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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..

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Cant :: Cant (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking..
Lycanthropia :: Lycanthropia (n.) See Lycanthropy, 2..
Acanthophorous :: Acanthophorous (a.) Spine-bearing.
Expressive :: Expressive (a.) Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words..
Secant :: Secant (a.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points..
Waste :: Waste (v.) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse..
Cantabile :: Cantabile (n.) A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena..
Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..
Canterbury :: Canterbury (n.) A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made..
Cantabrian :: Cantabrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.
Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants..
Denier :: Denier (n.) A small copper coin of insignificant value.
Cantatory :: Cantatory (a.) Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.
Significancy :: Significancy (n.) The quality or state of being significant.
Little :: Little (a.) Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible..
Anacanths :: Anacanths (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod..
Thinly :: Thinly (a.) In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited..
Metalline :: Metalline (n.) A substance of variable composition, but resembling a soft, dark-colored metal, used in the bearings of machines for obviating friction, and as a substitute for lubricants..
Insignificance :: Insignificance (n.) The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases..
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