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canting

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1. canting - Noun

2. canting - Adjective

3. canting - Verb

Meaning

of Cant

Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.

The use of cant; hypocrisy.

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Heraldry Banner of Rutland In heraldry, horseshoes most often occur as canting charges, such as in the arms of families with names like Farrier, Marshall and Smith. Source: Internet

In some high-performance racing yachts, water ballast or the angle of a canting keel can be changed to provide additional righting force to counteract heeling. Source: Internet

Three maces, probably a canting device (Kolben means mace in German, cfr. Source: Internet

It was shown that the system is essentially antiferromagnetic, but that the low symmetry of the cation sites allows spin–orbit coupling to cause canting of the moments when they are in the plane perpendicular to the c axis. Source: Internet

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