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Cant

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Cant, CANT, canting, or canted may refer to:

Language

  • Cant (language), a secret language
  • Beurla Reagaird, a language of the Scottish Highland Travellers
  • Scottish Cant, a language of the Scottish Lowland Travellers
  • Shelta or the Cant, a language of the Irish Travellers
  • Thieves' cant, a language of criminals
  • Canting arms, heraldic puns on the bearer's name
  • Can't, contraction of cannot

Other uses

  • Cant (architecture), part of a facade
  • CANT (aviation) (Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini), an aircraft manufacturer
  • Cant (log), a log partially processed in a sawmill
  • Cant (road/rail), an angle of a road or track
  • Cant (shooting), referring to a gun being tilted around the longitudinal axis, rather than being horizontally levelled
  • Cant (surname), a family name and persons with it
  • Canting, a tool used in making batik
  • Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician), an American performer
  • University of Canterbury, a New Zealand university which uses Cantuar or Cant as an abbreviation for their name in post-nominal letters

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