GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Cant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canted; p. pr. & vb. n. Canting.]
   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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   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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   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.]
   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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   Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
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