Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) An outer or external angle.

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Insignificant :: Insignificant (a.) Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.
Placket :: Placket (n.) A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman..
Radicant :: Radicant (a.) Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy..
Cantharidin :: Cantharidin (n.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms..
Pyracanth :: Pyracanth (n.) The evergreen thorn (Crataegus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe..
Cantilever :: Cantilever (n.) Same as Cantalever.
Cantonal :: Cantonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.
Cantion :: Cantion (n.) A song or verses.
Chit :: Chit (n.) A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal..
Benedicite :: Benedicite (n.) A canticle (the Latin version of which begins with this word) which may be used in the order for morning prayer in the Church of England. It is taken from an apocryphal addition to the third chapter of Daniel.
Cant :: Cant (n.) A corner; angle; niche.
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement..
Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.
Recanted :: Recanted (imp. & p. p.) of Recan.
Plum :: Plum (n.) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it..
Scantiness :: Scantiness (n.) Quality or condition of being scanty.
Acanthopterygious :: Acanthopterygious (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
Cantatory :: Cantatory (a.) Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.
Canticle :: Canticle (n.) The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament..
Canted :: Canted (imp. & p. p.) of Can.
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