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

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

A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.

Empty, hypocritical talk.

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

To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.

To speak in set phrases.

To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.

Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.

Side, edge, corner, niche.

Example: Under the cant of a hill.

Slope, the angle at which something is set.

A corner (of a building).

An outer or external angle.

To set (something) at an angle.

Example: to cant a cask; to cant a ship

To give a sudden turn or new direction to.

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

To bevel an edge or corner.

To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

A parcel, a division.

To divide or parcel out.

Lively, lusty.