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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
canted
    adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true
           vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the
           headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted,
           leaning, tilted, tipped]

2. 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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Canted \Cant"ed\, a. [From 2d Cant.]
   1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted
      window.
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   Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.
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   2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
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