Lexic.us

Definition of Cant over

1. Verb. Heel over. "The ceiling is slanting"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cant Over

Literary usage of Cant over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicolson Pavement, and Pavements Generally by Frank Grant Johnson (1867)
"the sides, then the block, when pressed and hammered "by heavy weights, will cant over, in defiance of any possible lateral support, and thus slant the face ..."

2. The Mining Engineer (1898)
"The girders had a tendency to cant over, and he was sure that if girders were ... They did cant over occasionally when not properly set, but there had not ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1824)
"... who utter this puling cant over prostitutes and ruffians, are bound to do it in consistency. ..."

4. The slang dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"... a blow or toss ; "a CANT over the kisser," a blow on the mouth; \NT over the buttock," a throw or toss in wrestling. Cantab, a student at Cambridge. ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"Usually 'cant up' or 'cant over.' In Norfolk, to cant is to sot anything up on edge. (Prompt. Parv. in verbo cantel.} This word is connected with the word ..."

6. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall (1824)
"... who utter this puling cant over prostitutes and ruffians,are bound to do it inconsistency. The members of Parliament who blast without remorse, ..."

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