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Canted   Listen
adjective
Canted  adj.  
1.
Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window.
Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.
2.
Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.





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"Canted" Quotes from Famous Books



... impatiently and canted back a long ear to listen, but she did not increase her pace; for Marne had only one gait, and if Vic occasionally thumped her, it was rather by way of conversation than in any hope of hurrying ...
— The Seventh Man • Max Brand
... canted the water out of the swamped boat, Bill and his partner appeared on the scene. All hands worked rapidly, and, almost before Joe could realize, the mainsail and jib had been hoisted, the anchor broken out, and the Dazzler ...
— The Cruise of the Dazzler • Jack London
... to display much that others, quite as unscrupulous as himself, covered with a decent veil. He was the most unpopular of the statesmen of his time, not because he sinned more than many of them, but because he canted less. ...
— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 1 • Thomas Babington Macaulay


Words linked to "Canted" :   tipped, leaning, atilt, tilted, inclined


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