'Canting' definitions:
Definition of 'Canting'
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 'Canting'
From: GCIDE
- 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"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Cant"ing*ness}, 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]
Definition of 'Canting'
From: GCIDE
- Canting \Cant"ing\, n. The use of cant; hypocrisy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'canting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- 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,
- Tartuffian,
- Tartuffish,
- tilted,
- tilting,
- tipped,
- tipping,
- tipsy,
- unctuous