Definitions
1.nounAn argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup."He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger."
2.nounA private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
3.nounA language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
4.nounEmpty, hypocritical talk."People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant."
5.nounWhining speech, such as that used by beggars.
6.nounA 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.
7.nounA call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
8.verbTo speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
9.verbTo speak in set phrases.
10.verbTo preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
11.verbOf a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
12.verbTo sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
13.nounSide, edge, corner, niche."Under the cant of a hill."
14.nounSlope, the angle at which something is set.
15.nounA corner (of a building).
16.nounAn outer or external angle.
17.nounAn inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
18.nounA movement or throw that overturns something.
19.nounA sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given."to give a ball a cant"
20.noun(coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
21.nounA segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
22.nounA piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
23.verbTo set (something) at an angle."to cant a cask; to cant a ship"
24.verbTo give a sudden turn or new direction to."to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football"
25.verbTo bevel an edge or corner.
26.verbTo overturn so that the contents are emptied.
27.nounA parcel, a division.
28.verbTo divide or parcel out.