Cant n. : A corner; angle; niche.

Cant n. : An outer or external angle.

Cant n. : An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

Cant n. : 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.

Cant n. : A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

Cant n. : A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

Cant n. : A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

Cant v. t. : To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

Cant v. t. : To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

Cant v. t. : To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

Cant n. : An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

Cant n. : The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.

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

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

Cant a. : Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

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

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

Cant v. i. : To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

Cant n. : A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.

Cant v. t. : to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

Example:
Why Cant airplanes/aeroplanes take off, stand in air and land like a defence jet?

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