Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy..

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Bear''s-breech :: Bear's-breech (n.) See Acanthus, n., 1..
Buckeye :: Buckeye (n.) A cant name for a native in Ohio.
Scanty :: Scanty (a.) Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
Applicant :: Applicant (n.) One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.
Cantarro :: Cantarro (n.) A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds..
Significatory :: Significatory (a.) Significant.
Anacanthini :: Anacanthini (n. pl.) Alt. of Anacanth.
Acanthi :: Acanthi (pl. ) of Acanthu.
Sacrificant :: Sacrificant (n.) One who offers a sacrifice.
Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos..
Acanthophorous :: Acanthophorous (a.) Spine-bearing.
Change :: Change (v. t.) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
Supply :: Supply (n.) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit..
Lycanthrope :: Lycanthrope (n.) A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.
Landamman :: Landamman (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
Mark :: Mark (v. t.) To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of merchandise; to mark clothing..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
Hypanthium :: Hypanthium (n.) A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear..
Flash :: Flash (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
Incantation :: Incantation (n.) A formula of words used as above.
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