CPage 65
- English Word Canting Definition Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.
- English Word Canting Definition The use of cant; hypocrisy.
- English Word Cantiniere Definition A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandiere.
- English Word Cantion Definition A song or verses.
- English Word Cantle Definition A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.
- English Word Cantle Definition The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel.
- English Word Cantle Definition To cut in pieces; to cut out from.
- English Word Cantlet Definition A piece; a fragment; a corner.
- English Word Canto Definition One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
- English Word Canto Definition The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.
- English Word Canton Definition A song or canto
- English Word Canton Definition A small portion; a division; a compartment.
- English Word Canton Definition A small community or clan.
- English Word Canton Definition A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.
- English Word Canton Definition A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- English Word Canton Definition To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
- English Word Canton Definition To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
- English Word Canton crape Definition A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape.
- English Word Canton flannel Definition See Cotton flannel.
- English Word Cantonal Definition Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.