To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
The Doctor here, I will proceed with the learned. / VVhen he diſcourſeth of diſſection, / Or any point of Anatomy: that hee tells you, / Of Vena caua, and of vena porta, / The Meſeraicks, and the Meſenterium. / VVhat does he elſe but cant? […] / Does he not cant? VVho here does vnderſtand him?
To set (something) at an angle; to tilt.
Lively, lusty.
A surname.
From Latin cantō probably via Old Northern French canter (“sing, tell”). Doublet of chant.
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to cant a cask
To divide or parcel out.