Helen Fenton

Cant: Definition and part of speech

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Cant

  1. n. A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
  2. n. A corner; angle; niche.
  3. n. An outer or external angle.
  4. n. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
  5. 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.
  6. n. A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
  7. n. A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
  8. n. Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.
  9. a. Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
  10. v. i. To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
  11. 1n. 1 A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
  12. 1n. 1 A corner; angle; niche.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Canting: Definition and part of speech

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Canting

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Cant
  2. a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cantabile: Definition and part of speech

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Cantabile

  1. n. A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; — sometimes called cantilena.
  2. a. In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.