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canted
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Canted
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant
round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
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3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of
timber, or from the head of a bolt.
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Canted
(gcide) | Canted \Cant"ed\, a. [From 2d Cant.]
1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted
window.
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Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.
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2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
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canted
(wn) | canted
adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true
vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the
headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted,
leaning, tilted, tipped] |
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Canted
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant
round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
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3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of
timber, or from the head of a bolt.
[1913 Webster]Canted \Cant"ed\, a. [From 2d Cant.]
1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted
window.
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Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.
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2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
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Canted column
(gcide) | Canted \Cant"ed\, a. [From 2d Cant.]
1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted
window.
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Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.
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2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
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Decanted
(gcide) | Decant \De*cant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decanted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Decanting.] [F. d['e]canter (cf. It. decantare), prop.,
to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. d['e]- (L. de) +
OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See Cant an edge.]
To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the
sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to
decant wine.
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Descanted
(gcide) | Descant \Des*cant"\ (d[e^]s*k[a^]nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Descanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Descanting.] [From descant;
n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis- +
cantare to sing.]
1. To sing a variation or accomplishment.
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2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and
particularity; to discourse at large.
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A virtuous man should be pleased to find people
descanting on his actions. --Addison.
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Recanted
(gcide) | Recant \Re*cant"\ (r[-e]*k[a^]nt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting.] [L. recantare,
recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to
sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.]
To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions
formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration;
to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
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How soon . . . ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void! --Milton.
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Syn: To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See
Renounce.
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Scanted
(gcide) | Scant \Scant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scanting.]
1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as,
to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use
of necessaries.
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Where a man hath a great living laid together and
where he is scanted. --Bacon.
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I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your
actions. --Dryden.
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2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to
curtail. "Scant not my cups." --Shak.
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Unscanted
(gcide) | Unscanted \Unscanted\
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