[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

canting \cant"ing\, a.
   speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or
   religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting
   rogue; a canting tone. -- cant"ingly, adv. --
   cant"ingness, n.
   1913 webster

   canting arms, canting heraldry her., bearings in the
      nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer.
      thus, the castletons bear three castles, and pope adrian
      iv. nicholas breakspeare bore a broken spear.
      1913 webster
see also:
cant"ingly cant"ingness canting arms canting heraldry 

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

canting \cant"ing\, n.
   the use of cant; hypocrisy.
   1913 webster

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 moby thesaurus words for "canting":
   pecksniffian, tartuffian, tartuffish, affected, aslant, aslope,
   atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, careening, false, goody,
   goody-goody, holier-than-thou, hypocritic, hypocritical,
   inclinational, inclinatory, inclined, inclining, insincere,
   leaning, listing, mealymouthed, oily, out of plumb, out of square,
   pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, pharisean, pietistic, pious,
   pitched, raking, recumbent, sanctified, sanctimonious,
   self-righteous, shelving, shelvy, sideling, sidelong, simon-pure,
   slant, slanted, slanting, slantways, slantwise, sloped, sloping,
   sniveling, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, tipsy, unctuous

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