Lexicographical Neighbors of Kanting
Literary usage of Kanting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary (romanized) by Richard James Wilkinson (1908)
"... pendulous and swaying (of a short thick pendant) —cf. anting, kanting, etc.
kanting ... -kanting, dangling and swinging (of a long pendant)— cf. anting, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1822)
"... kanting Tom Campbell." — Now, here's to Will Wordsworth, so wise and so wordy,
And the sweet simple hymns of his own hurdy-gurdy— Who in vain blows the ..."
3. A Gallery of Literary Portraits by George Gilfillan (1845)
"... out-kanting Kant, or out-mystifying Coleridge, or demolishing some ricketty
literary reputation, or quoting, in his deep and quiet under tone, ..."
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