cant

1. An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

   He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.

2. A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
3. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
4. Empty, hypocritical talk.

   People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant.

5. Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
6. A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
7. A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

1. To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
2. To speak in set phrases.
3. To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
4. Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
5. To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.

1. Side, edge, corner, niche.

   Under the cant of a hill.

2. Slope, the angle at which something is set.
3. A corner (of a building).
4. An outer or external angle.
5. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
6. A movement or throw that overturns something.
7. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.

   to give a ball a cant

8. (coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
9. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
10. A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

1. To set (something) at an angle.

   to cant a cask; to cant a ship

2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to.

   to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football

3. To bevel an edge or corner.
4. To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

noun

A parcel, a division.

verb

To divide or parcel out.

adjective

Lively, lusty.