Cant"ing , n. The use of cant; hypocrisy.
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.
-- 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.
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