Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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 : WordNet®

canted
     adj : departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical
           or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the
           headstones were tilted" [syn: {atilt}, {leaning}, {tilted},
            {tipped}]