Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation..

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Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper.
Cantle :: Cantle (n.) The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel..
Lubricate :: Lubricate (v. t.) To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow..
Daisy :: Daisy (n.) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed..
Descant :: Descant (v. i.) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song..
Distinctly :: Distinctly (adv.) With meaning; significantly.
Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..
Decantation :: Decantation (n.) The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another..
Acanth :: Acanth (n.) Same as Acanthus.
Discant :: Discant (n.) See Descant, n..
Pyracanth :: Pyracanth (n.) The evergreen thorn (Crataegus Pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side..
Anacanthous :: Anacanthous (a.) Spineless, as certain fishes..
Spell :: Spell (n.) A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm..
Decanting :: Decanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decan.
Nog :: Nog (v. t.) To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork..
Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion..
Avoid :: Avoid (v. i.) To become void or vacant.
Cantaloupe :: Cantaloupe (n.) A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color..
Good :: Good (superl.) Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc..
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