Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Canty \Can"ty\, a.
   Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry. ``The canty dame.''
   --Wordsworth [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

         Contented with little, and canty with mair. --Burns.

Source : WordNet®

canty
     adj : lively and brisk
     [also: {cantiest}, {cantier}]