cant

v. turn, slant, invert

n. jargon, slang; hypocrisy, false piousness; slope, slant

Cant or canting may refer to:Cant (language), a secret languageThieves' cantShelta language or the Cant, a language used by the Irish TravellersCant (architecture), facades which are designed to incorporate more than one angleCant (road/rail), the difference in left-side and right-side elevationCant (surname), a family name (and people with that name)Cant., an abbreviation for Song of Solomon CANT Z.1007, CANT Z.501, and CANT Z.506, Italian WWII-era aircraftCanting arms, a coat of arms with a visual pun on the name of the ownerCant (play), a 1931 play by Kaj MunkCanting, to a tool used for making Batik
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The Song of Solomon or Song of Songs (Hebrew title , Shir ha-Shirim) is a book of the Hebrew Bible—Tanakh or Old Testament—one of the five megillot (scrolls). According to Ashkenazi tradition, it is read on the Sabbath that falls during the intermediate days of Passover. In the Sephardi Jewish community it is recited every Friday night. It is known as Asma in the Septuagint, which is short for aisma asmaton, "Song of Songs" in Greek. Likewise it is known as "Canticles", shortened and anglicized from the Vulgate Canticum Canticorum, which is "Song of Songs" in Latin.[1] 
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Noun
1. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
(synonym) buzzword
(hypernym) nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
2. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
(synonym) bank, camber
(hypernym) slope, incline, side
(derivation) cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
3. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
(synonym) jargon, slang, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular
(hypernym) non-standard speech
(hyponym) street name
(class) wog
(class) square, straight
4. insincere talk about religion or morals
(synonym) pious platitude
(hypernym) talk, talking
5. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
(synonym) bevel, chamfer
(hypernym) edge
(hyponym) splay
(derivation) cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
Verb
1. heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
(synonym) cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) cock
(derivation) bank, camber

(a.)
Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
  

(n.)
A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
  

(n.)
A corner; angle; niche.
  

(n.)
A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
  

(n.)
A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
  

(n.)
A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
  

(n.)
A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.
  

(n.)
An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
  

(n.)
An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
  

(n.)
An outer or external angle.
  

(n.)
The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.
  

(n.)
The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.
  

(n.)
Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.
  

(v. i.)
To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.
  

(v. i.)
To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
  

(v. i.)
To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.
  

(v. t.)
To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
  

(v. t.)
To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
  

(v. t.)
To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
  

(v. t.)
to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.
  

edge
edging

(cântec) = song
lit. canto