'Canted' definitions:

Definition of 'canted'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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]

Definition of 'Canted'

From: 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. [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]

Definition of 'Canted'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

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