Sekirov Dictionary

cant

/kænt/

noun19

  1. Empty, hypocritical talk.
  2. An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
  3. A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
  4. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
  5. Slope, the angle at which something is set.
  6. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
  7. Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
  8. A corner (of a building).
  9. An outer or external angle.
  10. A movement or throw that overturns something.
  11. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
  12. 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.
  13. An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
  14. A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
  15. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
  16. A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
  17. (dialect) A parcel, a division.
  18. (no longer used) Side, edge, corner, niche.
  19. (no longer used) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

verb10

  1. To set (something) at an angle; to tilt.
  2. To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
  3. To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
  4. To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
  5. To bevel an edge or corner.
  6. To speak in set phrases.
  7. To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
  8. Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
  9. (no longer used) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
  10. (no longer used) To divide or parcel out.

adjective1

  1. (dialect, UK) Lively, lusty.
forms

canted · canting · cants

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