Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

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Scant :: Scant (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants..
Fruticant :: Fruticant (a.) Full of shoots.
Recant :: Recant (v. i.) To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant..
Unspeak :: Unspeak (v. t.) To retract, as what has been spoken; to recant; to unsay..
Leisurable :: Leisurable (a.) Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.
Fop-doodle :: Fop-doodle (n.) A stupid or insignificant fellow; a fool; a simpleton.
Hogmanay :: Hogmanay (n.) The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year, on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or cakes; also, the entertainment given on that day to a visitor, or the gift given to an applicant..
Scantily :: Scantily (adv.) In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
Decant :: Decant (v. t.) To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Cantabrian :: Cantabrian (a.) Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.
Werewolf :: Werewolf (n.) A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope. Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct..
Spell :: Spell (n.) A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm..
Scantlet :: Scantlet (n.) A small pattern; a small quantity.
Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish..
Prayer :: Prayer (n.) One who prays; a supplicant.
Carmelite :: Carmelite (n.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar..
Anacanths :: Anacanths (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod..
Sacrificant :: Sacrificant (n.) One who offers a sacrifice.
Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
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