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Definition of Canting
1. a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.
2. n. The use of cant; hypocrisy.
Definition of Canting
1. Verb. (present participle of cant) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canting
1. cant [v] - See also: cant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canting
Literary usage of Canting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"A particular language which such rogues have made to themselves, called canting,
as beggars, gipsies, thieves, and jail-birds do. 1742. ..."
2. The Fraternitye of Vacabondes by John Awdelay, Thomas Harman (1869)
"[Here follow three canting Songs.] Sign. E 1, back—E 4. ... 1609, Dekker printed
a Dictionary of canting, which is only a reprint of Harman's (p. ..."
3. The Literature of Roguery by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1907)
"canting Lexicons and Scoundrel Verse Since the first celebration of canting ...
"a compleat canting dictionary" 1 Maxime du Camp's IS assistance par travail ..."
4. French Book-plates: A Handbook for Ex-libris Collectors by Walter Hamilton (1892)
"One of the funniest bits of canting heraldry ever printed occurred in the " Daily
News" (London) of 5th April, 1892. The Paris correspondent, writing of ..."
5. The Elements of Railroad Engineering by William Galt Raymond (1913)
"If the speed is to be considerable, the necessary deviating force must be obtained
by canting the track. canting Formulas. — The conditions that exist are ..."
6. A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins by Sir George Francis Hill (1899)
"If we consider the number of possibilities of this kind, the canting type will
be found to be comparatively scarce in ancient coinage. ..."
7. The Houblon Family: Its Story and Times by Alice Frances (Lindsay) Archer Houblon (1907)
"The father of the great painter was a goldsmith of Nuremberg, and on the back of
his portrait, painted in 1491, are his canting arms ..."
8. The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth: Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of by John Awdelay, Thomas Harman, Frederick James Furnivall, Edward Viles (1907)
"[Here follow three canting Songs.] Sign. E 1, back—E 4. ... 1609, Dekker printed
a Dictionary of canting, which is only a reprint of Harman's (p. ..."
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