1. insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
2. the private language of the underworld.
3. the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: the cant of the fashion industry.
4. whining or singsong speech, especially of beggars.

5. to talk hypocritically.
6. to speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg.

1. a salient angle.
2. a sudden movement that tilts or overturns a thing.
3. a slanting or tilted position.
4. an oblique line or surface, as one formed by cutting off the corner of a square of cube.
5. an oblique or slanting face of anything.
6. bank¹ (def. 6).
7. a sudden pitch or toss.
8. a partly trimmed log.

9. oblique or slanting.

10. to bevel; form an oblique surface upon.
11. to put in an oblique position; tilt; tip.
12. to throw with a sudden jerk.

13. to take or have an inclined position; tilt; tip.

1. hearty; merry.

1. contraction of cannot.

1. Canterbury.
2. Cantonese.

1. insincere talk, esp concerning religion or morals; pious platitudes
2. stock phrases that have become meaningless through repetition
3. specialized vocabulary of a particular group, such as thieves, journalists, or lawyers; jargon
4. singsong whining speech, as used by beggars

5. to speak in or use cant

1. inclination from a vertical or horizontal plane; slope; slant
2. a sudden movement that tilts or turns something
3. the angle or tilt thus caused
4. a corner or outer angle, esp of a building
5. an oblique or slanting surface, edge, or line

6. to tip, tilt, or overturn, esp with a sudden jerk
7. to set in an oblique position
8. another word for bevel (def. 1)

9. oblique; slanting
10. having flat surfaces and without curves

1. lusty; merry; hearty

1. cannot

1. Canterbury
2. Canticles

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