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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cant \Cant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canted; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Canting.]
   1. To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon
      the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
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   2. 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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   3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of
      timber, or from the head of a bolt.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Canting \Cant"ing\, n.
   The use of cant; hypocrisy.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Canting \Cant"ing\, a.
   Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or
   religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting
   rogue; a canting tone. -- Cant"ing*ly, adv. --
   Cant"ing*ness, n.
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   Canting arms, Canting heraldry (Her.), bearings in the
      nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer.
      Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian
      IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.
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Thesaurus Results for Canting:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, aslant, aslope, atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, careening, false, goody, goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritic, hypocritical, inclinational, inclinatory, inclined, inclining, insincere, leaning, listing, mealymouthed, oily, out of plumb, out of square, pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, pharisean, pietistic, pious, pitched, raking, recumbent, sanctified, sanctimonious, self-righteous, shelving, shelvy, sideling, sidelong, simon-pure, slant, slanted, slanting, slantways, slantwise, sloped, sloping, sniveling, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, tipsy, unctuous

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