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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Pursuit :: Pursuit (v. t.) Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit..
Campanulaceous :: Campanulaceous (a.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulaceae) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass..
Leisurable :: Leisurable (a.) Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.
Acanth :: Acanth (n.) Same as Acanthus.
Significant :: Significant (a.) Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event..
Cantatory :: Cantatory (a.) Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.
Bewitch :: Bewitch (v. t.) To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.
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..
Bigeye :: Bigeye (n.) A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye..
Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..
Charade :: Charade (n.) A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations..
Cantor :: Cantor (n.) A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.
Significant :: Significant (n.) That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
Acanthocephala :: Acanthocephala (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines..
Secant :: Secant (a.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points..
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.
Cantatrice :: Cantatrice (n.) A female professional singer.
Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself..
Cant :: Cant (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation..
Cantiniere :: Cantiniere (n.) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandiere.
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