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Cant logo #10101) Affected speech 2) Architectural element 3) Argot 4) Bevel 5) Bevel; tilt 6) Beveled edge 7) Bunk 8) Buzzword 9) Cannot abbreviate pretence 10) Cannot reduce insincerity 11) Common excuse 12) Conspicuous angel 13) Conspicuous angle 14) Contraction on an RSVP 15) External angle 16) False talk 17) Finds it impossible
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Cant logo #10101) Argot 2) Bevel 3) Buzzword 4) Chamfer 5) Jargon 6) Lean 7) Lingo 8) Misinformation 9) Obliquity 10) Patois 11) Propaganda 12) Slope
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Cant logo #21002• (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. • (n.) An outer or external angle. • (v. i.) To ...
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cant logo #21003(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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cant logo #21814 forms of secret slang used by some criminals, and the focus of much 'respectable' fascination
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Cant logo #20972Cant 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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Cant logo #20972Cant 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 fanatic. « The rankest rogue that ever ca...
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Cant logo #20972Cant 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 , Canton , Cantle .] 1. A corner; ...
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Cant logo #20972Cant 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 cant a cask; to cant a ship. ...
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cant logo #20001 insincere talk/jargon 
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Cant logo #21365A secret language used by some criminals.
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Cant logo #21217In 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, described one round structure or building of freestone cal...
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Cant logo #21413A 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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Cant logo #23129Angle. Can be used in the context of the cant of the track (the relative level one rail to another); and the cant of a rail, being the angle of an individual rail relative to vertical.
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Cant logo #23874An angled surface or line that cuts a corner off.
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Cant logo #23883An angled surface line of a building, commonly used in baroque architecture to create an uninterrupted feeling of the architecture design.
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Cant logo #24184Measure of a boot’s lateral angle in relation to a ski or snowboard. Adjustments inward or outward are used to modify edging.
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Cant logo #23877Or canted, is an oblique or angled line of a surface. Think of it as chamfering the edges of a building's plan. This design was heavily used in Baroque architecture to create a continuous feel to the composition.
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Cant logo #20697Angle between two walls, less or greater than a right angle.
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cant logo #20974 noun insincere talk about religion or morals
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cant logo #20974cant over verb heel over; `The tower is tilting`; `The ceiling is slanting`
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Cant logo #24181Positional angle of your bindings that either curves your knees inwards or outwards.
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cant logo #23665[Obscure words] a slope in the turn of a road or track
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cant logo #23665 insincere talk about religion or morals
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cant logo #23665[Intelligent words] insincere talk about religion or morals
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