Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

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Accent :: Accent (n.) A word; a significant ton.
Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service..
Canter :: Canter (v. t.) To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter..
Patter :: Patter (n.) The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter..
Exiguity :: Exiguity (n.) Scantiness; smallness; thinness.
Canting :: Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone..
Sacrificant :: Sacrificant (n.) One who offers a sacrifice.
Outcant :: Outcant (v. t.) To surpass in canting.
Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water..
Cantarro :: Cantarro (n.) A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds..
Supply :: Supply (n.) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit..
Bassorin :: Bassorin (n.) A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses..
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic..
Scantily :: Scantily (adv.) In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
Cantle :: Cantle (n.) The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel..
Petit :: Petit (a.) Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty.
Cantel :: Cantel (n.) See Cantle.
Short :: Short (superl.) Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money..
Kinglet :: Kinglet (n.) A little king; a weak or insignificant king.
Replicant :: Replicant (n.) One who replies.
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