Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

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Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division..
Cantabrigian :: Cantabrigian (n.) A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England..
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..
Headshake :: Headshake (n.) A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial..
Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..
Pastorling :: Pastorling (n.) An insignificant pastor.
Radicant :: Radicant (a.) Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy..
Paper :: Paper (n.) A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper..
Cant :: Cant (v. t.) to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction..
Benedicite :: Benedicite (n.) A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
Immomentous :: Immomentous (a.) Not momentous; unimportant; insignificant.
Canted :: Canted (a.) Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
Significative :: Significative (a.) Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.
Emicant :: Emicant (a.) Beaming forth; flashing.
Backare :: Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess..
Communicant :: Communicant (a.) Communicating.
Cant :: Cant (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation..
Voodoo :: Voodoo (a.) Of or pertaining to voodooism, or a voodoo; as, voodoo incantations..
Scantle :: Scantle (v. t.) To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Nowel :: Nowel (n.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol..
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