canting
11Canting arms — 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. {Cant ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] {Canting arms}, {Canting… …
12Canting heraldry — 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. {Cant ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] {Canting arms}, {Canting… …
13Canting arms — is a technique used in European heraldry whereby the name of the individual or community represented in a coat of arms is translated into a visual pun or rebus. The term probably originally came from the same root as the term cant (originally to… …
14canting arms — plural noun (heraldry) A coat of arms in the form of a rebus, or a visual pun on the bearer s surname • • • Main Entry: ↑cant …
15Canting keel — A canting keel is a form of sailing ballast, suspended from a rigid canting strut beneath the boat, which can be swung to windward of a boat under sail, in order to counteract the heeling force of the sail. The canting keel must be able to pivot… …
16Canting Crew — The Canting Crew is an informal name for a group of Ankh Morpork beggars in Terry Pratchett s Discworld series. Too anarchic for the Beggars Guild, which tends to constrain them with rules, they frequently beg from it themselves, and often come… …
17canting arms — plural noun Heraldry arms containing an allusion to the name of the bearer. Origin C17: canting from cant1, in the obs. sense speak, say …
18canting quoin — noun or canting coin Etymology: from present participle of cant (III) : a triangular block for steadying stowed casks in a ship …
19canting coin — noun see canting quoin …
20canting — Synonyms and related words: Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, affected, aslant, aslope, atilt, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, careening, FALSE, goody, goody goody, holier than thou, hypocritic, hypocritical, inclinational, inclinatory,… …
