Look up: CANT

1. Cant
   In architecture, the terms cant and canted are in common use among carpenters to express the cutting off the angle of a square. Any part of a building on a polygonal plan is also said to be canted, as a canted window, or oriel, etc. The survey of the royal palace at Richmond, taken in 1649, describe...
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2. cant
   insincere talk/jargon 
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3. cant
   [n] - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) 2. [n] - insincere talk about religion or morals 3. [v] - heel over
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4. Cant
   Angle between two walls, less or greater than a right angle.
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5. Cant
   The angle between two walls, which is greater or lesser than a right angle..
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6. Cant
   To tilt or to incline at an angle.
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7. cant
   a log partly or wholly square-cut Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the inward inclination of a rail,effected by the use of inclined-surface chairs or base plates,usually expressed as a rate of inclination,such as 1 in 40,etc. Category: Transpor...
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8. Cant
   Cant noun [ Old French , edge, angle, prof. from Latin canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Greek ... the corner of the eye, the felly of a wheel; confer W. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Confer Canthus , Can...
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9. Cant
   Cant transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Canted ; present participle & verbal noun Canting .] 1. To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to...
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10. Cant
    Cant noun [ Prob. from Old French cant , French chant , singing, in allusion to the singing or whining tine of voice used by beggars, from Latin cantus . See Chant .] 1. An affected, singsong mode of speaking. 2....
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11. Cant
    Cant adjective Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar. « To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language. Swift. »
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12. Cant
    Cant intransitive verb 1. To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone. 2. To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fa...
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13. Cant
    Cant noun [ Prob. from Old French cant , equiv. to Latin quantum ; confer French encan , from Latin in quantum , i.e. 'for how much?'] A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction. 'To sell their leases by cant .' Swift.
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14. Cant
    Cant transitive verb to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. [ Archaic] Swift.
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15. cant
    cant over verb heel over; `The tower is tilting`; `The ceiling is slanting`
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16. cant
    noun insincere talk about religion or morals
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17. cant
    chamfer noun two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
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18. cant
    camber noun 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
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19. Cant
    • (n.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads. • (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. • (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy. • (...
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20. cant
    (from the article `slang`) Other related types of nonstandard word usage include cant and jargon, synonyms for vague and high-sounding or technical and esoteric language not ...
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21. Cant
    Cant is a Welsh girl name. The meaning of the name is `Circle` The name Cant doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Cant seems to be unique!
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22. Cant
    The term used to denote the raising of the outer rail on curved track to allow higher speeds than if the two rails were level. Cant compensates for the centrifugal force arising from a train traversing a curve. If a track was canted to the level required for the maximum speed of the fastest train, t...
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23. Cant
    A secret language used by some criminals.
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24. Cant
    A standard railway term describing the difference in level between the two rails of a track. The outer rail of a curve is higher than the inner rail to counteract the centrifugal force of a train travelling around the curve. The amount of difference in height of the two rails is the cant. The maximum is 150mm.
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25. Cant
    (language) `Cant` is the jargon, argot or cryptolect of a group, often implying its use to exclude or mislead people outside the group.<ref name=McArthur>McArthur, T. (ed.) The Oxford Companion to the English Language (1992) Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-214183-X--> Etymology: T...
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