Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cant \Cant\, v. i.
   1. To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong
      tone.

   2. To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an
      affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice
      hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

            The rankest rogue that ever canted.   --Beau. & Fl.

   3. To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or
      technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

            The doctor here, When he discourseth of dissection,
            Of vena cava and of vena porta, The meser[ae]um and
            the mesentericum, What does he else but cant. --B.
                                                  Jonson

            That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting
            language, if I may so call it.        --Bp.
                                                  Sanderson.

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.

Cant \Cant\, n. [Prob. from OF. cant, F. chant, singing, in
   allusion to the singing or whining tine of voice used by
   beggars, fr. L. cantus. See {Chant}.]
   1. An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

   2. The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class,
      or occupation. --Goldsmith.

            The cant of any profession.           --Dryden.

   3. The use of religious phraseology without understanding or
      sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not
      felt; hypocrisy.

            They shall hear no cant from me.      --F. W.
                                                  Robertson

   4. Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by
      gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.

Cant \Cant\, n. [OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the
   iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. ? the corner
   of the eye, the felly of a wheel; cf. W. cant the stake or
   tire of a wheel. Cf. {Canthus}, {Canton}, {Cantle}.]
   1. A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.]

            The first and principal person in the temple was
            Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant.
                                                  --B. Jonson.

   2. An outer or external angle.

   3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope
      or bevel; a titl. --Totten.

   4. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a
      bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so
      give; as, to give a ball a cant.

   5. (Coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of
      a cask. --Knight.

   6. (Mech.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
      --Knight.

   7. (Naut.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to
      support the bulkheads.

   {Cant frames}, {Cant timbers} (Naut.), timber at the two ends
      of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.

Cant \Cant\, a.
   Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

         To introduce and multiply cant words in the most
         ruinous corruption in any language.      --Swift.

Cant \Cant\, n. [Prob. from OF. cant, equiv. to L. quantum; cf.
   F. encan, fr. L. in quantum, i.e. ``for how much?'']
   A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction. ``To sell
   their leases by cant.'' --Swift.

Cant \Cant\, v. t.
   to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.
   [Archaic] --Swift.

Source : WordNet®

cant
     n 1: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless
          repetition [syn: {buzzword}]
     2: a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is
        higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of
        centrifugal force [syn: {bank}, {camber}]
     3: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
        thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: {jargon}, {slang},
         {lingo}, {argot}, {patois}, {vernacular}]
     4: insincere talk about religion or morals [syn: {pious
        platitude}]
     5: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
        [syn: {bevel}, {chamfer}]

cant
     v : heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
         [syn: {cant over}, {tilt}, {slant}, {pitch}]