[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   2. to give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant
      round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
      1913 webster

   3. to cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of
      timber, or from the head of a bolt.
      1913 webster
see also:
canted canting 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canted \cant"ed\, a. from 2d cant.
   1. having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted
      window.
      1913 webster

   canted column arch., a column polygonal in plan.
      1913 webster

   2. inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
      1913 webster
see also:
cant canted column 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
atilt leaning tilted tipped 

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