 4 definitions found
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]:
Canting \Cant"ing\, adjective
Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or
religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting
rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adverb --
{Cant"ing*ness}, noun
{Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the
nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer.
Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian
IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Canting \Cant"ing\, noun
The use of cant; hypocrisy.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "canting":
Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, aslant, aslope,
atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, careening, false, goody,
goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritic, hypocritical,
inclinational, inclinatory, inclined, inclining, insincere,
leaning, listing, mealymouthed, oily, out of plumb, out of square,
pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, pharisean, pietistic, pious,
pitched, raking, recumbent, sanctified, sanctimonious,
self-righteous, shelving, shelvy, sideling, sidelong, simon-pure,
slant, slanted, slanting, slantways, slantwise, sloped, sloping,
sniveling, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, tipsy, unctuous
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