Abbreviation of Canticles. / Abbreviation of Canticle of Canticles.

(transitive, obsolete) To divide or parcel out.

(intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup. / (intransitive) To speak in set phrases.

(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. / (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

(obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche. / Slope, the angle at which something is set. / A corner (of a building). / An outer or external angle.

(regional, forestry) A parcel, a division.

(transitive) To set (something) at an angle. / (transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to. / (transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.

(Britain, dialect) Lively, lusty.

A surname.

present participle of cant