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)
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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