Definition of cant

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Cant (v. i.) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone..

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Elutriate :: Elutriate (v. t.) To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing..
Nog :: Nog (v. t.) To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork..
Anacanthini :: Anacanthini (n. pl.) Alt. of Anacanth.
Fruticant :: Fruticant (a.) Full of shoots.
Innuent :: Innuent (a.) Conveying a hint; significant.
Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..
Unswear :: Unswear (v. t.) To recant or recall, as an oath; to recall after having sworn; to abjure..
Penurious :: Penurious (a.) Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
Cantilever :: Cantilever (n.) Same as Cantalever.
Retractation :: Retractation (n.) The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) Of the payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank..
Lycanthrope :: Lycanthrope (n.) One affected with lycanthropy.
Acanthi :: Acanthi (pl. ) of Acanthu.
Small :: Small (superl.) Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business..
Acanthus :: Acanthus (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
Vaisya :: Vaisya (n.) The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of Banyas. See the Note under Caste, 1..
Expression :: Expression (n.) Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression..
Cantonal :: Cantonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.
Eke :: Eke (v. t.) To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other..
Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (n.) A spiny-finned fish.
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