Definition of cant

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Cant (v. t.) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship..

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Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..
Cantation :: Cantation (n.) A singing.
Lycanthropist :: Lycanthropist (n.) One affected by the disease lycanthropy.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Discant :: Discant (n.) See Descant, n..
Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
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..
Decanter :: Decanter (n.) One who decants liquors.
Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..
Mull :: Mull (n.) A promontory; as, the Mull of Cantyre..
Unsignificant :: Unsignificant (a.) Insignificant.
Hawthorn :: Hawthorn (n.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed..
Leisurable :: Leisurable (a.) Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.
Mendinant :: Mendinant (n.) A mendicant or begging friar.
Cantonal :: Cantonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.
Decanter :: Decanter (n.) A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled..
Cantabrian :: Cantabrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.
Acanthine :: Acanthine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus..
Hoppo :: Hoppo (n.) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce..
Unswear :: Unswear (v. t.) To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure..
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