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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Predicant :: Predicant (a.) Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching.
Decanting :: Decanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decan.
Canthi :: Canthi (pl. ) of Canthu.
Tradescantia :: Tradescantia (n.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
Meloe :: Meloe () A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil..
Cantharidal :: Cantharidal (a.) Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
Paper :: Paper (n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper..
Scantly :: Scantly (adv.) In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
Mordicant :: Mordicant (a.) Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body..
Scantle :: Scantle (v. i.) To be deficient; to fail.
Significant :: Significant (a.) Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look..
Alicant :: Alicant (n.) A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain..
Gyracanthus :: Gyracanthus (n.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines..
Kinglet :: Kinglet (n.) A little king; a weak or insignificant king.
Blank :: Blank (n.) A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated items of information, for which spaces are left vacant; a bland form..
Almacantar :: Almacantar (n.) Same as Almucantar.
Linnet :: Linnet (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria)
Vacantly :: Vacantly (adv.) In a vacant manner; inanely.
Ominous :: Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread..
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