3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

canted

adjective: departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" [syn: {atilt}, {leaning}, {tilted}, {tipped}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Cant \Cant\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Canted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canting}.]

1. To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Canted \Cant"ed\, adjective [From 2d {Cant}.]

1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.

{Canted column} (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.

2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
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