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•	A corner; angle; niche.
•	An outer or external angle.
•	An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
•	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.
•	A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
•	A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
•	A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
•	To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
•	To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
•	To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
•	An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
•	The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.
•	The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.
•	Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.
•	Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
•	To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
•	To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.
•	To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.
•	A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
•	to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

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