Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy..

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Avoyer :: Avoyer (n.) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
Fractional :: Fractional (a.) Relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population..
Fico :: Fico (n.) A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you..
Consignificant :: Consignificant (a.) Having joint or equal signification; synonymous.
Ominous :: Ominous (a.) Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious; as, an ominous dread..
Hoppo :: Hoppo (n.) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce..
Black Friar :: Black friar () A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine..
Decantation :: Decantation (n.) The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another..
Canthus :: Canthus (n.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.
Sea Bream :: Sea bream () Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife..
Scanting :: Scanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scan.
Lycanthropic :: Lycanthropic (a.) Pertaining to lycanthropy.
Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..
Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person..
Canted :: Canted (a.) Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
Canter :: Canter (n.) A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops..
Full :: Full (Compar.) Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anything else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of people..
Tradescantia :: Tradescantia (n.) A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew.
Canterbury :: Canterbury (n.) A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc..
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