Definition of cant

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Cant (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt..

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Supplicat :: Supplicant (n.) One who supplicates; a suppliant.
Important :: Important (v. t.) Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.
Intersecant :: Intersecant (a.) Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A canto or division of a poe.
Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..
Dukeling :: Dukeling (n.) A little or insignificant duke.
Recanting :: Recanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recan.
Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.
Peddling :: Peddling (a.) Petty; insignificant.
Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus..
Augural :: Augural (a.) Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books..
Snipper-snaper :: Snipper-snaper (n.) A small, insignificant fellow..
Brankursine :: Brankursine (n.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus..
Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words..
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..
Cant :: Cant (n.) A corner; angle; niche.
Jargonist :: Jargonist (n.) One addicted to jargon; one who uses cant or slang.
Toxicant :: Toxicant (n.) A poisonous agent or drug, as opium; an intoxicant..
Cantoon :: Cantoon (n.) A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
Canter :: Canter (v. i.) To move in a canter.
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