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Cant, CANT, canting, or canted may refer to:


Language

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Cant (language) A cant is the jargon or language of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group.McArthur, T. (ed.) ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (1992) Oxford University Press It may also be called a cryptolect, argot ...
, a secret language *
Beurla Reagaird Beurla Reagaird (; previously also spelled ''Beurla Reagair'') is a nearly extinct, Scottish Gaelic-based cant used by the indigenous travelling community of the Highlands of Scotland, formerly often referred to by the disparaging name "tinker ...
, a language of the Scottish Highland Travellers *
Scottish Cant Scottish Cant (often called Scots-Romani or Scotch-Romani) is a cant spoken in Scotland by Lowland Scottish Romani Travellers.Kirk, J. & Ó Baoill, D. ''Travellers and their Language'' (2002) Queen's University Belfast Classification It is un ...
, a language of the Scottish Lowland Travellers *
Shelta Shelta (; Irish: ''Seiltis'') is a language spoken by Rilantu Mincéirí (Irish Travellers), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom.McArthur, T. (ed.) ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (1992) Oxford University Press It i ...
or the Cant, a language of the Irish Travellers *
Thieves' cant Thieves' cant (also known as thieves' argot, rogues' cant, or peddler's French) is a cant, cryptolect, or argot which was formerly used by thieves, beggars, and hustlers of various kinds in Great Britain and to a lesser extent in other English- ...
, a language of criminals *
Canting arms Canting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name (or, less often, some attribute or function) in a visual pun or rebus. French heralds used the term (), as they would sound out the name of the armiger. Many armorial allus ...
, heraldic puns on the bearer's name * Can't, contraction of cannot


Other uses

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Cant (architecture) A cant in architecture is an angled (oblique-angled) line or surface that cuts off a corner. Something with a cant is ''canted''. Canted facades are a typical of, but not exclusive to, Baroque architecture. The angle breaking the facade is le ...
, part of a facade *
CANT (aviation) CANT (''Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini'', the Trieste Shipbuilding and Naval Aeronautics; also sometimes labelled C.R.D.A. CANT) was an Italian aviation company which originally specialised in building naval aircraft, formed in 1923 as par ...
(''Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini''), an aircraft manufacturer *
Cant (log) A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensi ...
, a log partially processed in a sawmill *
Cant (road/rail) The cant of a railway track or camber of a road (also referred to as superelevation, cross slope or cross fall) is the rate of change in elevation (height) between the two rails or edges. This is normally greater where the railway or road is curve ...
, an angle of a road or track *
Cant (shooting) Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...
, referring to a gun being tilted around the longitudinal axis, rather than being horizontally levelled *
Cant (surname) Cant is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Cant (educator) (died 1728), Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1675 to 1685 * Andrew Cant (footballer) (born 1899), Scottish professional footballer * Andrew Cant (m ...
, a family name and persons with it *
Canting ' (IPA: , VOS Spelling: ''tjanting'', jv, ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ, Tjanting) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax ( jv, ) in the batik-making process in Indonesia, more precisely '' batik tulis'' (lit. "written batik"). Traditional ''T ...
, a tool used in making batik *
Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician) Christopher Taylor (born August 29, 1981) is an American multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as the bass guitarist, backing vocalist and producer of the Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear, with whom he has reco ...
, an American performer *
University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...
, a New Zealand university which uses ''Cantuar'' or ''Cant'' as an abbreviation for their name in post-nominal letters


See also

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CANT (disambiguation) Cant, CANT, canting, or canted may refer to: Language * Cant (language), a secret language * Beurla Reagaird, a language of the Scottish Highland Travellers * Scottish Cant, a language of the Scottish Lowland Travellers * Shelta or the Cant, a la ...
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Canté Canté (; oc, Cante) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ariège department The following is a list of the 327 Communes of France, communes of the Ariège (department), Ari ...
, a commune in Ariège, France *
Canter (disambiguation) A canter is a three-beat gait performed by horses. Canter may also refer to: * Canter rhythm and waltz *Canter (surname) * Mitsubishi Fuso Canter, commercial vehicle * Canter's, a deli in Los Angeles, California * A slang term used to refer to ...
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Canticle A canticle (from the Latin ''canticulum'', a diminutive of ''canticum'', "song") is a hymn, psalm or other Christianity, Christian song of praise with lyrics usually taken from biblical or holy texts. Canticles are used in Christian liturgy. Ca ...
* Kant (disambiguation) * Kante (disambiguation) {{disambiguation