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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Beckon :: Beckon (v. t.) To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand..
Cantref :: Cantref (n.) A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales..
Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery..
Insignificantly :: Insignificantly (adv.) without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose..
Mundificant :: Mundificant (a.) Serving to cleanse and heal.
Descanting :: Descanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Descan.
Canthi :: Canthi (pl. ) of Canthu.
Lamb :: Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized..
Exsiccant :: Exsiccant (n.) An exsiccant medicine.
Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..
Charm :: Charm (n.) A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation..
Decanting :: Decanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decan.
Cantillate :: Cantillate (v. i.) To chant; to recite with musical tones.
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
Abdicant :: Abdicant (a.) Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.
Entrant :: Entrant (n.) An applicant for admission.
Cant :: 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..
Fuchsine :: Fuchsine (n.) Aniline red; an artificial coal-tar dyestuff, of a metallic green color superficially, resembling cantharides, but when dissolved forming a brilliant dark red. It consists of a hydrochloride or acetate of rosaniline. See Rosaniline..
Mendicant :: Mendicant (a.) Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars..
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