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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”.
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2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, “to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football”.
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3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
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Canted (?), a. [From 2d Cant.]
1. Having angles; as, “a six canted bolt head; a canted window”.
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Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.
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2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
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