cant

cant is a Noun

Definition:

[1] A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.] The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant. B. Jonson.

[2] An outer or external angle.

[3] An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. Totten.

[4] 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.

[5] A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight.

[6] A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. Knight.

[7] A piece of wood laid upon athe deck of a vessel to support the bulkneads. Cant frames, Cant timbers (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.