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canted, ppl. a.|ˈkæntɪd|
[f. cant n.1 and v.2 + -ed.]
In various senses of cant v.2: tilted up, caused to lean from the perpendicular; having a sloping or slanting surface; bevelled; placed at an oblique angle; having the corners bevelled off.
1649in Vetusta Mon. (1748) II. Plates 23 & 24 One round Structure or Building of Free Stone, called the Canted Tower [of the Old Palace at Richmond, Surrey]. 1664in Bp. Cosin Corr. (Surtees) II. 374 To make a canted stepp into the great roome. 1848Rickman Archit. li, The general plan of the abacus is a square with the angles cut off, or what is called a canted square. 1872O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 66 s.v. Bevel, A sloped or canted surface. 1874Knight Dict. Mech. s.v. Cant, A bolt with a hexagonal or octagonal head is said to be six or eight canted. |