cant

Pronunciation

 * , (in anglicized pronunciation)
 * , (in anglicized pronunciation)
 * , (in anglicized pronunciation)
 * , (in anglicized pronunciation)

Etymology 1
From probably via. .

Noun

 * 1)  An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
 * 2) * 1836, Three discourses preached before the Congregational Society in Watertown, page 65
 * "en"
 * 1) * 1836, Three discourses preached before the Congregational Society in Watertown, page 65
 * "en"

- I am aware that the phrase free inquiry has become too much a cant phrase soiled by the handling of the ignorant and the reckless by those who fall into the mistake of supposing that religion has its root in the understanding and by those who can see just far enough to doubt and no further.


 * 1)  A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
 * 2) A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
 * 3)  Empty, hypocritical talk.
 * 4)  Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
 * 5)  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.
 * 6)  A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
 * 1)  Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

Translations

 * Assamese: ঠাৰ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: jargon
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: sekreta lingvo, kriptolekto, kaŝlingvo
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician: barallete
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean:, 변말, 수어
 * Macedonian: жа́ргон
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, блатно́й язы́к,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: ঠাৰ
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, boeventaal
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: barellete
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Italian:, , linguaggio segreto
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 속어 [俗語] (sogeo), 상말,, ,
 * Macedonian: та́ен ја́зик
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: та́йный язы́к
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: pokrytecké fráze
 * Danish: floskler, tomme fraser
 * Dutch: huicheltaal
 * Finnish:, höpöpuhe
 * French: ,
 * German: Phrasendrescherrei,
 * Hungarian:, frázispufogtatás
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 偽善的な言い方, 口先だけの言葉
 * Korean: 위선적인 말
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hykling
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:, , tomma fraser


 * Dutch: bedelaarsgekerm
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sutrestemme, klaging
 * Russian:


 * Dutch: sprekend wapen
 * Finnish: puhuva vaakuna
 * French:
 * German: Redendes Wappen
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: talende våpen
 * Swedish: talande vapen

Verb

 * 1)  To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
 * 2)  To speak in set phrases.
 * 3)  To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
 * 4)  Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
 * 5)  To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
 * 1)  Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
 * 2)  To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
 * 1)  Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
 * 2)  To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.

Etymology 2
From, from (Modern 🇨🇬), ultimately of  or  origin. Related to 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)   Side, edge, corner, niche.
 * 2) Slope, the angle at which something is set.
 * 3) A corner (of a building).
 * 4) An outer or external angle.
 * 5) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
 * 6) A movement or throw that overturns something.
 * 7) * 1830, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, volume 3, page 621
 * It is not only of great service in keeping the boat in her due position on the sea, but also in creating a tendency immediately to recover from any sudden cant, or lurch, from a heavy wave; and it is besides beneficial in diminishing the violence of beating against the sides of the vessel which she may go to relieve.
 * 1) A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
 * 2)  A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
 * 3) A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
 * 4)  A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
 * 5)  An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
 * 1) A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
 * 2)  A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
 * 3) A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
 * 4)  A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
 * 5)  An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
 * 1)  An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: на́клон


 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, , rézsútosság, , ferde/​rézsútos felület/​lap/​sík/​él/​szél


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Macedonian: преврту́вање
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To set (something) at an angle.
 * 2)  To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
 * to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football
 * 1)  To bevel an edge or corner.
 * 2)  To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
 * 1)  To bevel an edge or corner.
 * 2)  To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, sklonit
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Macedonian: на́криви
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: окантвам
 * Czech: zkosit
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ferdén/rézsútosan (le)vág, ferdére vág
 * Russian:

Etymology 3
, but compare 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬. The verb is attested from the 15th century, and the noun from the 16th. See, from which cant is possibly as if it contained the suffix.

Verb

 * 1)  To divide or parcel out.

Noun

 * 1)  A parcel, a division.

Etymology 4
From, , presumably from , perhaps a slang word related to , from. Attested from the 13th or 14th century.

Adjective

 * 1)  Lively, lusty.

Etymology
. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) song

Etymology
Possibly from, perhaps a slang word related to , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  bold, lively,
 * 2) * c. 1340, , Cotton Vespasian A iii, lines 8943-46:
 * "enm"

- Iuus þat war sa cant and kene, / Quen þai had þis meracles sene, / þai drou it þen and mad a brig / Ouer a litel burn to lig

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) edge

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  lively

Etymology 1
From and, from , from , from.

Numeral

 * 1)  one hundred

Usage notes

 * Preceding a noun, takes the form.
 * Cardinals following employ  as a connecting word, which stands in contrast to ordinals after, which use , e.g.  but.

Noun

 * 1) hundred
 * 2) century

Etymology 2
, from. Related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) hoop
 * 2) rim