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.
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 talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining 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.NounA 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.NounAn unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
24.VerbTo set (something) at an angle; to tilt."to cant a cask; to cant a ship"
25.VerbTo give a sudden turn or new direction to."to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football"
26.VerbTo bevel an edge or corner.
27.VerbTo overturn so that the contents are emptied.
28.VerbTo divide or parcel out.
29.NounA parcel, a division.
30.AdjectiveLively, lusty.