Cant
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Cant, canting, or canted may refer to:
- Empty, uncritical thought or talk - see Wiktionary article
- The slope or angle at which something is set, such as the frames of a ship's hull - again, see Wiktionary article
- Cant (language)Cant (language)A Cant is the jargon or argot of a group, often implying its use to exclude or mislead people outside the group.-Derivation in Celtic linguistics:...
, a secret language - Scottish CantScottish CantScottish Cant is a cant spoken in Scotland by Lowland Scottish Travellers/Gypsies.-Classification:A certain amount of Romani words have entered Lowland Scottish Cant through intermarriage with British Romani groups, between 25-35% of Scottish Cant originates in a Romani-derived lexicon...
a variant of ScotsScots languageScots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster . It is sometimes called Lowland Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Celtic language variety spoken in most of the western Highlands and in the Hebrides.Since there are no universally accepted...
with RomaniRomani languageRomani or Romany, Gypsy or Gipsy is any of several languages of the Romani people. They are Indic, sometimes classified in the "Central" or "Northwestern" zone, and sometimes treated as a branch of their own....
used by the Scottish Lowland Gypsies - Highland Traveller's Cant, the Cant or Beurla Reagaird, an unrelated Gaelic based language used by Highland Scottish Travellers
- Shelta languageShelta languageShelta is a language spoken by travelling communities, particularly in Ireland, but also parts of Great Britain. It is widely known as the Cant, to its native speakers in Ireland as Gammon and to the linguistic community as Shelta...
or the Cant, a language used by the Irish Travellers - Thieves' cantThieves' cantThieves' cant or Rogues' cant was a secret language which was formerly used by thieves, beggars and hustlers of various kinds in Great Britain and to a lesser extent in other English-speaking countries...
- Cant (architecture)Cant (architecture)Cant is the architectural term describing part, or segment, of a facade which is at an angle to another part of the same facade. The angle breaking the facade is less than a right angle thus enabling a canted facade to be viewed as, and remain, one composition.Canted facades are a typical of, but...
, facades which are designed to incorporate more than one angle - CANTChris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician)Chris Taylor is a multi-instrumentalist and producer best known for his role of bass player in the Brooklyn based indie folk group, Grizzly Bear.-Biography:...
, a moniker for Chris Taylor (bass player for Grizzly BearGrizzly Bear (band)Grizzly Bear is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band, composed of Edward Droste , Daniel Rossen , Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear . The band employs traditional and electronic instruments...
) - Cant (road/rail)Cant (road/rail)The cant of a railway track or a road is the difference in elevation between the two edges...
, the difference in left-side and right-side elevation - Cant (surname)Cant (surname)Cant is a surname, and may refer to:* Andrew Cant , Scottish minister* Andrew Cant , Scottish scholar* Brian Cant , British actor and writer* Colin Cant , British television producer...
, a family name (and people with that name) - Cant., an abbreviation for Song of Solomon
- CANT Z.1007CANT Z.1007The Cant Z.1007 Alcione was a three-engined medium bomber, with wooden structure. Designed by ingegner Filippo Zappata, the "father" of the CANT...
, CANT Z.501CANT Z.501The CANT Z.501 Gabbiano was a single engine flying boat that served with the Italian Regia Aeronautica during World War II. It had a crew of four or five and was used mainly for reconnaissance. Initially a successful aircraft, it was obsolete by 1940, but was still used throughout World War II,...
, and CANT Z.506CANT Z.506The CANT Z.506 Airone was a triple-engine floatplane produced by CANT from 1935. It served as a transport and postal aircraft with the Italian airline "Ala Littoria"...
, Italian WWII-era aircraft - Canting armsCanting armsCanting arms are heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name in a visual pun or rebus. The term cant came into the English language from Anglo-Norman cant, meaning song or singing, from Latin cantāre, and English cognates include canticle, chant, accent, incantation and recant.Canting arms –...
, a coat of arms with a visual pun on the name of the owner - Canting, to a tool used for making BatikBatikBatik is a cloth that traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. Batik or fabrics with the traditional batik patterns are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and Singapore.Javanese traditional batik, especially from...
- Cantiere Navale TriestinoCantiere Navale TriestinoCANT was an Italian aviation company which originally specialised in building naval aircraft, formed in 1923 as part of the CNT...
(CANT) a 1930s Italian aircraft builder - Canting keelCanting keelA 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...
in sailing - Canting; tilting the head when listening,a submissive gesture in Body languageBody languageBody language is a form of non-verbal communication, which consists of body posture, gestures, facial expressions, and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subconsciously....
- Cant, a log that has been squared off on two or more sides