Definitions from Wiktionary (Cant)
▸ noun: (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
▸ noun: A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
▸ noun: (uncountable, derogatory) Empty, hypocritical talk.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
▸ noun: (countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
▸ verb: (intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.
▸ noun: Slope, the angle at which something is set.
▸ noun: A corner (of a building).
▸ noun: An outer or external angle.
▸ noun: An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
▸ noun: A movement or throw that overturns something.
▸ noun: A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
▸ noun: (coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
▸ noun: A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
▸ noun: (nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
▸ noun: (lumbering) An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set (something) at an angle; to tilt.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.
▸ verb: (transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To divide or parcel out.
▸ noun: (dialectal, forestry) A parcel, a division.
▸ adjective: (British, dialectal) Lively, lusty.
▸ noun: A surname.
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▸ noun: (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
▸ noun: (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
▸ noun: A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
▸ noun: (uncountable, derogatory) Empty, hypocritical talk.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
▸ noun: (countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
▸ verb: (intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.
▸ noun: Slope, the angle at which something is set.
▸ noun: A corner (of a building).
▸ noun: An outer or external angle.
▸ noun: An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
▸ noun: A movement or throw that overturns something.
▸ noun: A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
▸ noun: (coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
▸ noun: A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
▸ noun: (nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
▸ noun: (lumbering) An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
▸ verb: (transitive) To set (something) at an angle; to tilt.
▸ verb: (transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.
▸ verb: (transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To divide or parcel out.
▸ noun: (dialectal, forestry) A parcel, a division.
▸ adjective: (British, dialectal) Lively, lusty.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ Also see cant
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