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cant noun

  /kænt/
  • Slope, the angle at which something is set.
 helling

cant noun

  /kænt/
  • (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
 Bargoens, boeventaal
  • (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
 jargon, vaktaal
  • (uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
 bedelaarsgekerm
  • (uncountable, pejorative) Empty, hypocritical talk.
 huicheltaal
  • (countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
 sprekend wapen

cant verb

  /kænt/
  • (transitive) To set (something) at an angle.
 kantelen, neigen
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