Definition of cant

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Cant (n.) Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars..

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Pygmy :: Pygmy (n.) Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf..
Acanthocarpous :: Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.
Flash :: Flash (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A song; esp. a little song or hymn.
Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops..
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..
Cantharidin :: Cantharidin (n.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms..
Linnet :: Linnet (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria)
Cantar :: Cantar (n.) Alt. of Cantarr.
Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt..
Coelacanth :: Coelacanth (a.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes..
Scantle :: Scantle (v. t.) To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Scantly :: Scantly (adv.) Scarcely; hardly; barely.
Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail..
Desiccant :: Desiccant (n.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore.
Charm :: Charm (n.) A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation..
Canter :: Canter (v. t.) To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter..
Pilulous :: Pilulous (a.) Like a pill; small; insignificant.
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..
Mordicant :: Mordicant (a.) Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body..
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