Noun

(en-noun)

(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.

* 1836 , Three discourses preached before the Congregational Society in Watertown, page 65

I am aware that the phrase free inquiry has become too much a cant phrase soiled by the handling of the ignorant and the reckless by those who fall into the mistake of supposing that religion has its root in the understanding and by those who can see just far enough to doubt and no further.

(countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

Shelta.

(uncountable, pejorative) Empty, hypocritical talk.

People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant .

* 1749 , , Book IV ch iv

He is too well grounded for all your philosophical cant to hurt.

* 1759-1770 ,

Of all the cants' which are canted in this canting world — though the '''cant''' of hypocrites may be the worst — the ' cant of criticism is the most tormenting!

(uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.

(countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name of the bearer, canting arms.

(obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

* Jonathan Swift

To sell their leases by cant .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) corner, niche

* Ben Jonson

The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant .

slope, the angle at which something is set.

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Owing to the cant of the vessel, the masts hung far out over the water, and from my perch on the cross-trees I had nothing below me but the surface of the bay.

An outer or external angle.

An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.

(Totten)

A movement or throw that overturns something.

* 1830 , The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, volume 3, page 621

It is not only of great service in keeping the boat in her due position on the sea, but also in creating a tendency immediately to recover from any sudden cant , or lurch, from a heavy wave; and it is besides beneficial in diminishing the violence of beating against the sides of the vessel which she may go to relieve.

A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give.

to give a ball a cant

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

(Knight)

A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.

(Knight)

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

Noun

(en noun)

A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.

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A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.

Noun

(en noun)

(video games, informal) A cartridge for a video game system.

My ''Final Fantasy'' cart on the NES is still alive and kicking.