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Cant \Cant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Canted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {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.

   2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant
      round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

   3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of
      timber, or from the head of a bolt.

Canting \Cant"ing\, a.
   Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or
   religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting
   rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adv. --
   {Cant"ing*ness}, n.

   {Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the
      nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer.
      Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian
      IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.

Canting \Cant"ing\, n.
   The use of cant; hypocrisy.