Webster's Dictionary 1913

838

Canted

Cant″ed (?), a. [From 2d Cant.] 1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.Canted column(Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.2. Inclined at an angle to somethi...

839

Canteen

Can‐teen″ (kăn‐tēn″), n. [F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely,...

840

Cantel

Can″tel (?), n. See Cantle.

841

Canter

Can″ter (kăn″tẽr), n. [An abbreviation of Canterbury. See Canterbury gallop, under Canterbury.] 1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.☞ The canter is a thorou...

842

Canter (2)

Can″ter (kăn″tẽr), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Cantered (–tẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cantering.] To move in a canter.

843

Canter (3)

Can″ter, v. t. To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

844

Canter (4)

Cant″er, n. 1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.The day when he was a canter and a rebel.Ma...

845

Canterbury

Can″ter‐bur‐y (kăn″tẽr‐bĕr‐ry̆), n. 1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains...

846

Cantharidal

Can‐thar″‐i‐dal (kăn‐thăr″ĭ‐dal), a. Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.

847

Cantharides

Can‐thar″i‐des (kăn‐thăr″ĭ‐dēz), n. pl. See Cantharis.

848

Cantharidin

Can‐thar″i‐din (kăn‐thăr″ĭ‐dĭn), n.(Chem.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

849

Cantharis

Can″tha‐ris (kăn″thȧ‐rĭs), n.; pl.Cantharides (kăn‐thăr″ĭ‐dēz). [L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. κανθαρίσ.] (Zoöl.) A beetle (Lytta, orCantharis, vesicatoria), h...

850

Canthoplasty

Can″tho‐plas′ty (?), n.(Surg.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

851

Canthus

‖Can″thus (?), n.; pl.Canthi (#). (Anat.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

852

Canticle

Can″ti‐cle (?), n.; pl.Canticles (#). [L. canticulum a little song, dim. of canticum song, fr. cantus a singing, fr. coner to sing. See Chant.] 1. A song; esp. a little song or ...

853

Canticoy

Can″ti‐coy (?), n. A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.

854

Cantile

Can″tile (?), v. i. Same as Cantle, v. t.

855

Cantilena

‖Can′ti‐le″na (?), n.(Mus.) See Cantabile.

856

Cantilever

Can″ti‐lev′er (?), n. Same as Cantalever.

857

Cantillate

Can″til‐late (?), v. i. [L. cantillatus, p. p. of cantillare to sing low, dim. of cantare. See Cantata.] To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart.

858

Cantillation

Can′til‐la″tion (?), n. A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

859

Cantine

Can‐tine″ (?), n. See Canteen.

860

Canting

Cant″ing (?), a. 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. — ...

861

Canting (2)

Cant″ing, n. The use of cant; hypocrisy.

862

Cantiniere

‖Can′ti‐niere″ (?), n. [F., fr. cantine a sutler's shop, canteen.] (Mil) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.

863

Cantion

Can″tion (?), n. [L. cantio, from canere to sing.] A song or verses. Spenser.

864

Cantle

Can″tle (?), n. [OF. cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece, F. chanteau a piece cut from a larger piece, dim. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.] 1. A corner or edge of anyt...