Definition of cant

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Cant (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football..

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Decanted :: Decanted (imp. & p. p.) of Decan.
Stroam :: Stroam (v. i.) To wander about idly and vacantly.
Tanka :: Tanka (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
Insignificance :: Insignificance (n.) The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases..
Amphoric :: Amphoric (a.) Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance..
Acanthopteri :: Acanthopteri (n. pl.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
Opening :: Opening (n.) Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business..
Canthoplasty :: Canthoplasty (n.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease..
Avoid :: Avoid (v. i.) To become void or vacant.
Voided :: Voided (a.) Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge..
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..
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) The upper voice in part music.
Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone..
Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of
Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A fragment; a bit; a little piece.
Whiggamore :: Whiggamore (n.) A Whig; -- a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians.
Insignificative :: Insignificative (a.) Not expressing meaning; not significant.
Significancy :: Significancy (n.) The quality or state of being significant.
Significant :: Significant (n.) That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
Vaudois :: Vaudois (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud..
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