Definition of cant

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Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..

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Pace :: Pace (n.) Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace..
Cantaloupe :: Cantaloupe (n.) A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color..
Scant :: Scant (superl.) Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Daisy :: Daisy (n.) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed..
Precant :: Precant (n.) One who prays.
Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..
Dijudicant :: Dijudicant (n.) One who dijudicates.
Peccant :: Peccant (a.) Sinning; guilty of transgression; criminal; as, peccant angels..
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..
Cant :: Cant (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
Significantly :: Significantly (adv.) In a significant manner.
Cantrip :: Cantrip (n.) A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.
Pilgrim :: Pilgrim (n.) One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Lying at mercy, as a supplicant..
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc..
Radicant :: Radicant (a.) Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy..
Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..
Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division..
Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..
Short :: Short (superl.) Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money..
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