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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Canted \Cant"ed\, a. [From 2d Cant.]

1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.

Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.

2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)