Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking..

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Descant :: Descant (v. i.) To sing a variation or accomplishment.
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) The upper voice in part music.
Incantation :: Incantation (n.) A formula of words used as above.
Recanted :: Recanted (imp. & p. p.) of Recan.
Cantankerous :: Cantankerous (a.) Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch..
Excantation :: Excantation (n.) Disenchantment by a countercharm.
Secant :: Secant (a.) Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line..
Retractate :: Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.
Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.
Acanthophorous :: Acanthophorous (a.) Spine-bearing.
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
Scarce :: Scarce (superl.) Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
Diastema :: Diastema (n.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw..
Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football..
Cant :: Cant (a.) Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
Cashier :: Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company..
Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service..
Recanter :: Recanter (n.) One who recants.
Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line..
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