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Meanings of cant in English

Portuguese
chanfradura
Catalan
bisell
Spanish
chaflanado
Wikidata

Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees.

        chanfradura
        Portuguese
        jargão
        Catalan
        llengua vernacla
        Spanish
        patois

        A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

            jargão
            Catalan
            inclinació

            A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force.

                  inclinació
                  Catalan
                  bascular
                  Spanish
                  inclinar

                  Heel over.

                        bascular
                        Usage of cant in English
                        1
                        And what you've said doesn't sound like 'cant' to me, Red.
                        Red Pepper Burns
                        2
                        I hope my talk doesn't sound to you like 'cant.'
                        Red Pepper Burns
                        3
                        The deck canted over and Dunstan said, Bring her up a point!
                        Honour This Day
                        4
                        Larrazabal added: Cant believe they are going to keep playing in Madeira.
                        The Guardian
                        5
                        There is too much religious cantinthestatementofMr.Thorburn.
                        Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
                        6
                        But lying and snivelling and canting and Hicksing always appear in masquerade.
                        The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
                        7
                        The main-mast canted to leeward, and was in imminent danger of falling.
                        The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1
                        8
                        He had flown a tricky, wing-down approach, skidding along the canted terrain.
                        Genellan: planetfall
                        9
                        I'd rather have that than the new Parisian narrowness-thecantofdecadence.
                        Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
                        10
                        This story is a pertinent example of the cantofDoingGood.
                        The Quest of the Simple Life
                        11
                        You do not flatter any of the sects by using their cant.
                        Our Friend John Burroughs
                        12
                        It stands on deck canted one side but is otherwise reasonably unscathed.
                        The South African
                        13
                        The next day they issue an order that you cantwearem .
                        Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie
                        14
                        But I cantsellmy nuciformsac whenyouvecutit out .
                        The Doctor's Dilemma
                        15
                        On the other side of the door, she heard Heritas Cant wheezing.
                        A Cavern of Black Ice
                        16
                        Cant flung out a wedge-shaped foot and jammed it into the rug.
                        Watcher of the Dead
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                        Translations for cant
                        Russian
                        кант
                        Cant through the time
                        Cant across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common