Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars..

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Contraindicant :: Contraindicant (n.) Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed..
Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
Mundificant :: Mundificant (a.) Serving to cleanse and heal.
Gyracanthus :: Gyracanthus (n.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines..
Local :: Local (n.) On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published..
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..
Claudicant :: Claudicant (a.) Limping.
Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..
Canting :: Canting (n.) The use of cant; hypocrisy.
Myriacanthous :: Myriacanthous (a.) Having numerous spines, as certain fishes..
Minim :: Minim (n.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
Excommunicant :: Excommunicant (n.) One who has been excommunicated.
Senate :: Senate (n.) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons..
Grisons :: Grisons (n. pl.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.
Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1..
Little :: Little (a.) Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible..
Cantos :: Cantos (pl. ) of Cant.
Unsignificant :: Unsignificant (a.) Insignificant.
Expressive :: Expressive (a.) Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words..
Bawbling :: Bawbling (a.) Insignificant; contemptible.
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