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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Molehill :: Molehill (n.) A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty..
Abdicant :: Abdicant (a.) Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of.
Cantel :: Cantel (n.) See Cantle.
Radicant :: Radicant (a.) Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy..
Charade :: Charade (n.) A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations..
Cantrip :: Cantrip (n.) A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.
Interregnum :: Interregnum (n.) The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.
Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
Scant :: Scant (adv.) In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Ostension :: Ostension (n.) The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.
Decanted :: Decanted (imp. & p. p.) of Decan.
Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement..
Face :: Face (n.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount..
Change :: Change (v. t.) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
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Whippersnapper :: Whippersnapper (n.) A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person..
Canted :: Canted (imp. & p. p.) of Can.
Mundificant :: Mundificant (n.) A mundificant ointment or plaster.
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