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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Cant
  2. a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.
  3. n. The use of cant; hypocrisy.
  4. 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. 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. The use of cant; hypocrisy.
  5. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical orreligious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; acanting tone. - Cant"ing*ly, adv.-- Cant"ing*ness, n. Canting arms, Canting heraldry (Her.), bearingsin the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus,the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (NicholasBreakspeare) bore a broken spear.