1. (v.) To speak to with a pious, preaching tone\.

2. (n.) An outer or external angle.

3. (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.

4. (n.) A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.

5. (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

6. (n.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

7. (n.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

8. (v. t.) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

9. (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

10. (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

11. (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

12. (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.

13. (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

14. (n.) Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoken by gypsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.

15. (a.) of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

16. (v. i.) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

17. (v. i.) To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

18. (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

19. (n.) A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.

20. (v. t.) to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

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