2. Verb. (third-person singular of cant) ¹
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Definition of Cants
1. cant [v] - See also: cant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cants
Literary usage of Cants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture by John Henry Parker (1845)
"... and some probably earlier, in country churches, the insides of which are formed
into a series of flat spaces, or cants; they are usually quite plain, ..."
2. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1858)
"More Appli cants for Medicine.—"Idols" and Altars.—Buried Image.—Material of the
Statues.—Idols originally painted.—Circular Altar.—Antiquity of Copan. ..."
3. Individual Training in Our Colleges by Clarence Frank Birdseye (1907)
"... entrance examination, in which a long personal inter- One out of view or
examination by the director of the institution counts fifty cants^d- per cent. ..."
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