cantingn.¹

/ˈkantɪŋ/

Etymology: < cant v.² + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of cant v.²; tilting, sloping, turning over or about.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inversion > [noun]

turning1536

inversion1598

reversing1610

topsy-turvy1655

resupination1661

canting1769

retroversion1790

supernaculum1827

upturning1846

upending1968

the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > tilting or tipping

tilting1658

canting1769

tilt1837

tip1849

tipping1853

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Canting,..the act of turning any thing about.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 105 Canting, the act of turning anything completely over, so that the under surface shall lie upwards.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. v. 645 Friedrich Wilhelm is amazed at these sudden cantings of Fortune's wheel.

1865 Plimpton Specif. Patent 2190 These springs..control the turning, tilting, or canting of the stock or foot stand [of the roller skate].

†2. (See quot. 1674.) Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 102 It cannot well be call'd motion..But 'tis somewhat else that we have no right name for, (unless skipping or canting may in a low sort speak it).

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1883 M. P. Bale Saw-Mills 9 Where the logs are few in number and light, they may be got into position with some good hand canting dogs.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Canting-machine, same as canter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cantingn.²

Etymology: < cant v.³ + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcanting.

1. The practice of using thieves' cant; the secret language or jargon used by thieves, professional beggars, etc.; see cant n.³ 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by thieves or disreputable characters > practice of using

canting1567

1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Aiii^v Their languag, which they terme peddelars Frenche or cantig began but w'in these .xxx. yeres.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. x. i. 218 They [beggers] haue devised a language among themselues, which they name ‘canting’; but other ‘pedlers French’, a speach compact thirtie yeares.

1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. G1 I understand their canting.

1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. vii. 327 Le Plessis in the Canting of that Cypher was call'd Floze.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Canting, the Cypher or Mysterious Language, of Rogues, Gypsies, Beggers, Thieves, etc.

1725 in New Canting Dict.

2. The use of the special phraseology of a particular class or subject (always contemptuous); jargon, gibberish; see cant n.³ 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > using jargon

canting1631

jargonization1803

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 27 in Wks. II Pye. She beares,..Argent, three leekes vert In Canton Or, and tassel'd of the first. Pen. Can. Is not this canting?

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan 21 Hypostatical, transubstantiate, consubstantiate..and the like canting of Schoolemen.

1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 799 Nothing but Canting, and a Jargon of Scraps.

attributive.1812 I. D'Israeli Calam. Auth. II. 95 The canting dictionary of Criticism.

3. Unreal or affected use of language; spec. the formal use of religious or pietistic phrases; hypocritical talk; see cant n.³ 5b, 6 In 17th cent. applied in ridicule to the preaching of Presbyterians and Puritans; hence canting coat, the Geneva gown, or coat of the Puritan minister.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun]

flash1605

sniffling1653

canting1659

cant1710

galbanum1764

gas1793

blarney1796

gammon1805

slum1812

claptrap1819

flam1825

glittering generality1849

bull's wool1850

eyewash1857

bunkum1862

hot air1873

kid1874

fustian1880

flubdub1888

bull1914

oil1917

blah1918

drip1919

piss and wind1922

banana-oil1927

flannel1927

crud1943

old talk1956

ole talk1964

okey-doke1969

yada yada1991

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun] > talk

lip-labour?1548

lip-labouring1549

canting1659

cant1709

lip-work1894

society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > gown > Geneva gown

Genevac1650

canting coat1659

Geneva gown1811

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun] > in (religious) talk

canting1659

cant1709

snide1966

1659 Character Eng. in Harl. Misc. X. 191 [The Presbyterians]..make an insipid, tedious, and immethodical prayer, in phrases and a tone so affected and mysterious that they give it the name of canting: a term by which they do usually express the gibberish of beggars and vagabonds.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 86 Quit the Cassock for the Canting-coat.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 190 Canting I call using Words without any real Sense or Notion under them.

1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) II. vii. 23 Judge. Leave your canting.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 72 Here has been nothing but canting and praying since the fellow entered the place.

1809 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 141 They hate canting and hypocrisy.

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cantingn.³

/ˈkantɪŋ/

Etymology: < cant v.⁴ + -ing suffix¹.

northern dialect.

Sale by auction.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > auction > selling by auction

rouping1513

canting1651

auctioneering1744

hand-selling1851

1651 in Orig. Lett. & Papers Addressed to O. Cromwell (1743) 68 The Venetians made latelie an edict that they should sell all the offices within the city, by way of cantinge, to rayse monies.

1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Canting, auctio.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Canting, a sale by auction, proclaimed publicly on the spot where it is to take place.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby (at cited word) ‘We will call a canting,’ hold a sale. ‘A cannle-canting’ [= sale by inch of candle].

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† cantingn.⁴

Etymology: < cant v.⁵ + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete dialect.

The action of cant v.⁵

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun] > of one's health

recovery1540

canting1691

1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘A health to the good wives [wife's] canting’ i.e. her recovering after lying-in.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

cantingadj.¹

Etymology: < cant v.² + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcanting.

That cants, tilts, or turns over; that stands or lies a-tilt; slanting, sloping.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > tilted or tilting

hielded?1623

canted1649

tilting1807

canting1877

tilted1892

tipped1907

1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Canting, sloping on a level.

1880 Daily News 18 Sept. 5/3 A Martin's self-canting anchor.

Compounds

canting quoin n. (also canting coin) see quot. and cf. cantic quoins n. at cantic adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > cask-making equipment

chamfering machine1574

cantling1600

horse1611

turrell1611

can-hook1626

canting quoin1626

grooping tool1688

runging adze1688

cantic quoins1728

croze1846

whisk1875

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 Ballast, kintlage, canting coynes, standing coynes.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Canting Coyns, (in a Ship) are small, short Pieces of Wood cut with a sharp Ridge to lie between the Casks, and prevent them from rolling one against another.

canting-livre n. see cantilever n.

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cantingadj.²

Etymology: < cant v.³ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcanting.

That cants or uses cant.

1. Speaking in a sing-song tone; whining.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > chanting or chanted

sung1473

chanted1565

canting1748

chanting1838

intoning1863

monotoning1878

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. v. 89 in Wks. II An old Canting Begger.

1748 Dodsley Preceptor (1763) I. Introd. 37 Some have a singing or canting voice.

1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. ii. iv. 278 The whining, canting tones peculiar to the gypsies.

2. Speaking the dialect of vagabonds, etc.; of the nature of, or belonging to, this dialect; see cant n.³ 4e (Blending with verbal noun used attributively.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > relating to jargon > of the jargon of thieves or disreputable people

canting1592

1592 Groundwork Coney-catch. 99 The manner of their canting speech.

1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 15 The Gypsies Canting Tongue.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Canting Crew, Beggers, Gypsies.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 197 A canting catch that common rogues make use of.

3. Of, pertaining to, or using the phraseology or jargon of a special class or subject.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > relating to jargon > using jargon

canting1630

jargonesque1884

1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. E^v This is no canting language Taught in your Academie.

a1659 F. Osborne Observ. Turks 341 The custom of Universitie requires..knowledge in the Arts so called, and a nimble mouthing of canting terms.

a1684 Earl of Roscommon Ghost Old House of Comm. in Poet. Wks. 4, in Misc. Wks. Rochester & Roscommon (1707) While I..took for Oracles that Canting Tribe [sc. lawyers].

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Alkahest, one of the Canting Terms of the Alchymists.

4. Given to using religious or pietistic language formally or affectedly; hypocritical; of, or belonging to, such phrases or pretensions.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective]

pope-holya1387

Pharisaical1527

as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530

hypocritish1531

hypocritic1540

hypocritely1541

hypocritical1553

horse-holy?1589

sanctified1604

Pharisee-like1611

sanctimoniousa1616

Pharisaica1618

lip-holy1624

Bible-bearing1625

canting1663

unctuous1742

pietistical1753

pietical1782

goody-goody1785

goody1808

Sunday school1817

Pecksniffian1844

goodyish1848

goody-good1851

devil-dodging?1861

pietic1865

mawwormish1883

pietistic1884

mawwormy1885

pi1891

pietose1893

holier-than-thou1912

antimacassar1913

holy1958

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective]

whiteda1225

hypocritec1380

papelarda1500

dissimuling?1518

dissembling1526

Pharisaical1527

hypocritish1531

masking1538

hypocritic1540

hypocritely1541

hypocritical1553

mimic1591

transom-eyed1601

tonguey1612

sanctimoniousa1616

Pharisaica1618

crocodilian1632

hypocrital1658

canting1663

double-minded1727

Tartufish1768

dissimulating1794

dissimulative1802

sawneying1808

sham-Abra(ha)m1828

Tartuffian1872

Pecksniffian1874

mawwormish1883

Chadbandian1908

1663 J. Heath Flagellum 91 A letter..fraught with hypocritical canting expressions.

1702 D. Defoe Shortest-way with Dissenters 3 You..have set up your Canting Synagogues at our Church-Doors.

1781 W. Cowper Truth 233 On holy ground Sometimes a canting hypocrite is found.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 249 A clamorous quack or canting fanatic.

5. Heraldry. canting arms: = allusive arms n. at allusive adj. Compounds. So canting heraldry, canting herald, canting coat.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [adjective] > types of arms

fixal1486

familiar1646

vocal arms1728

canting arms1738

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Arms Canting Arms, are those wherein the figures bear an allusion to the name of the family.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiv. 199 Canting heraldry .

1830 W. Scott Monastery (new ed.) II. vii. 92 A device of a punning or canting herald.

1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 30 His descendants gave a very clever canting coat, a bridge crossing a conventional similitude of water.

1875 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxiv, in Monthly Packet May 500 Boleyn—or Bull-en, had the canting arms of a black bull's head.

Derivatives

ˈcantingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adverb]

hypocritically1548

sanctifiedly1633

sanctimoniouslya1640

Pharisee-like1651

cantingly1695

pietistically1753

unctuously1864

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adverb]

hypocritely1541

hypocritically1548

dissemblingly1551

Pharisaically1599

affectedly1637

cantingly1695

Tartuffishly1824

1695 Whether Preserv. Protest. Relig. Motive of Revol. 4 Sycophant Divines..cantingly blow us into Triumphs of Thankfulness and Joy.

1740 Trial Mr. Whitfield's Spirit 40 (R.) In a suffering hour, as he [Whitfield] cantingly expresses it.

1840 Hook in New Monthly Mag. 60 429 To moralize, not tediously, boringly, or cantingly.

ˈcantingness n.

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n.¹1674

n.²1567

n.³1651

n.⁴1691

adj.¹1626

adj.²1592

单词	canting
释义	cantingn.¹ /ˈkantɪŋ/ Etymology: < cant v.² + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of cant v.²; tilting, sloping, turning over or about. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [noun] turning1536 inversion1598 reversing1610 topsy-turvy1655 resupination1661 canting1769 retroversion1790 supernaculum1827 upturning1846 upending1968 the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > tilting or tipping tilting1658 canting1769 tilt1837 tip1849 tipping1853 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Canting,..the act of turning any thing about. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 105 Canting, the act of turning anything completely over, so that the under surface shall lie upwards. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. v. 645 Friedrich Wilhelm is amazed at these sudden cantings of Fortune's wheel. 1865 Plimpton Specif. Patent 2190 These springs..control the turning, tilting, or canting of the stock or foot stand [of the roller skate]. †2. (See quot. 1674.) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 102 It cannot well be call'd motion..But 'tis somewhat else that we have no right name for, (unless skipping or canting may in a low sort speak it). Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1883 M. P. Bale Saw-Mills 9 Where the logs are few in number and light, they may be got into position with some good hand canting dogs. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Canting-machine, same as canter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cantingn.² Etymology: < cant v.³ + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcanting. 1. The practice of using thieves' cant; the secret language or jargon used by thieves, professional beggars, etc.; see cant n.³ 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by thieves or disreputable characters > practice of using canting1567 1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. Aiii^v Their languag, which they terme peddelars Frenche or cantig began but w'in these .xxx. yeres. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. x. i. 218 They [beggers] haue devised a language among themselues, which they name ‘canting’; but other ‘pedlers French’, a speach compact thirtie yeares. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. G1 I understand their canting. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. vii. 327 Le Plessis in the Canting of that Cypher was call'd Floze. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Canting, the Cypher or Mysterious Language, of Rogues, Gypsies, Beggers, Thieves, etc. 1725 in New Canting Dict. 2. The use of the special phraseology of a particular class or subject (always contemptuous); jargon, gibberish; see cant n.³ 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > using jargon canting1631 jargonization1803 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iv. iv. 27 in Wks. II Pye. She beares,..Argent, three leekes vert In Canton Or, and tassel'd of the first. Pen. Can. Is not this canting? 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan 21 Hypostatical, transubstantiate, consubstantiate..and the like canting of Schoolemen. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 799 Nothing but Canting, and a Jargon of Scraps. attributive.1812 I. D'Israeli Calam. Auth. II. 95 The canting dictionary of Criticism. 3. Unreal or affected use of language; spec. the formal use of religious or pietistic phrases; hypocritical talk; see cant n.³ 5b, 6 In 17th cent. applied in ridicule to the preaching of Presbyterians and Puritans; hence canting coat, the Geneva gown, or coat of the Puritan minister. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > insincere or pretentious talk > [noun] flash1605 sniffling1653 canting1659 cant1710 galbanum1764 gas1793 blarney1796 gammon1805 slum1812 claptrap1819 flam1825 glittering generality1849 bull's wool1850 eyewash1857 bunkum1862 hot air1873 kid1874 fustian1880 flubdub1888 bull1914 oil1917 blah1918 drip1919 piss and wind1922 banana-oil1927 flannel1927 crud1943 old talk1956 ole talk1964 okey-doke1969 yada yada1991 society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [noun] > talk lip-labour?1548 lip-labouring1549 canting1659 cant1709 lip-work1894 society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > gown > Geneva gown Genevac1650 canting coat1659 Geneva gown1811 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun] > in (religious) talk canting1659 cant1709 snide1966 1659 Character Eng. in Harl. Misc. X. 191 [The Presbyterians]..make an insipid, tedious, and immethodical prayer, in phrases and a tone so affected and mysterious that they give it the name of canting: a term by which they do usually express the gibberish of beggars and vagabonds. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 86 Quit the Cassock for the Canting-coat. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 190 Canting I call using Words without any real Sense or Notion under them. 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) II. vii. 23 Judge. Leave your canting. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 72 Here has been nothing but canting and praying since the fellow entered the place. 1809 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 141 They hate canting and hypocrisy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). cantingn.³ /ˈkantɪŋ/ Etymology: < cant v.⁴ + -ing suffix¹. northern dialect. Sale by auction. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > auction > selling by auction rouping1513 canting1651 auctioneering1744 hand-selling1851 1651 in Orig. Lett. & Papers Addressed to O. Cromwell (1743) 68 The Venetians made latelie an edict that they should sell all the offices within the city, by way of cantinge, to rayse monies. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Canting, auctio. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Canting, a sale by auction, proclaimed publicly on the spot where it is to take place. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby (at cited word) ‘We will call a canting,’ hold a sale. ‘A cannle-canting’ [= sale by inch of candle]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † cantingn.⁴ Etymology: < cant v.⁵ + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete dialect. The action of cant v.⁵ ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > [noun] > of one's health recovery1540 canting1691 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘A health to the good wives [wife's] canting’ i.e. her recovering after lying-in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). cantingadj.¹ Etymology: < cant v.² + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcanting. That cants, tilts, or turns over; that stands or lies a-tilt; slanting, sloping. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > tilted or tilting hielded?1623 canted1649 tilting1807 canting1877 tilted1892 tipped1907 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Canting, sloping on a level. 1880 Daily News 18 Sept. 5/3 A Martin's self-canting anchor. Compounds canting quoin n. (also canting coin) see quot. and cf. cantic quoins n. at cantic adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for making other articles > [noun] > cask-making equipment chamfering machine1574 cantling1600 horse1611 turrell1611 can-hook1626 canting quoin1626 grooping tool1688 runging adze1688 cantic quoins1728 croze1846 whisk1875 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 Ballast, kintlage, canting coynes, standing coynes. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Canting Coyns, (in a Ship) are small, short Pieces of Wood cut with a sharp Ridge to lie between the Casks, and prevent them from rolling one against another. canting-livre n. see cantilever n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). cantingadj.² Etymology: < cant v.³ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcanting. That cants or uses cant. 1. Speaking in a sing-song tone; whining. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > chanting or chanted sung1473 chanted1565 canting1748 chanting1838 intoning1863 monotoning1878 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. v. 89 in Wks. II An old Canting Begger. 1748 Dodsley Preceptor (1763) I. Introd. 37 Some have a singing or canting voice. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. ii. iv. 278 The whining, canting tones peculiar to the gypsies. 2. Speaking the dialect of vagabonds, etc.; of the nature of, or belonging to, this dialect; see cant n.³ 4e (Blending with verbal noun used attributively.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > relating to jargon > of the jargon of thieves or disreputable people canting1592 1592 Groundwork Coney-catch. 99 The manner of their canting speech. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 15 The Gypsies Canting Tongue. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Canting Crew, Beggers, Gypsies. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 197 A canting catch that common rogues make use of. 3. Of, pertaining to, or using the phraseology or jargon of a special class or subject. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > relating to jargon > using jargon canting1630 jargonesque1884 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. E^v This is no canting language Taught in your Academie. a1659 F. Osborne Observ. Turks 341 The custom of Universitie requires..knowledge in the Arts so called, and a nimble mouthing of canting terms. a1684 Earl of Roscommon Ghost Old House of Comm. in Poet. Wks. 4, in Misc. Wks. Rochester & Roscommon (1707) While I..took for Oracles that Canting Tribe [sc. lawyers]. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Alkahest, one of the Canting Terms of the Alchymists. 4. Given to using religious or pietistic language formally or affectedly; hypocritical; of, or belonging to, such phrases or pretensions. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adjective] pope-holya1387 Pharisaical1527 as holy (also as sick, as strong) as a horse1530 hypocritish1531 hypocritic1540 hypocritely1541 hypocritical1553 horse-holy?1589 sanctified1604 Pharisee-like1611 sanctimoniousa1616 Pharisaica1618 lip-holy1624 Bible-bearing1625 canting1663 unctuous1742 pietistical1753 pietical1782 goody-goody1785 goody1808 Sunday school1817 Pecksniffian1844 goodyish1848 goody-good1851 devil-dodging?1861 pietic1865 mawwormish1883 pietistic1884 mawwormy1885 pi1891 pietose1893 holier-than-thou1912 antimacassar1913 holy1958 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective] whiteda1225 hypocritec1380 papelarda1500 dissimuling?1518 dissembling1526 Pharisaical1527 hypocritish1531 masking1538 hypocritic1540 hypocritely1541 hypocritical1553 mimic1591 transom-eyed1601 tonguey1612 sanctimoniousa1616 Pharisaica1618 crocodilian1632 hypocrital1658 canting1663 double-minded1727 Tartufish1768 dissimulating1794 dissimulative1802 sawneying1808 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 Tartuffian1872 Pecksniffian1874 mawwormish1883 Chadbandian1908 1663 J. Heath Flagellum 91 A letter..fraught with hypocritical canting expressions. 1702 D. Defoe Shortest-way with Dissenters 3 You..have set up your Canting Synagogues at our Church-Doors. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 233 On holy ground Sometimes a canting hypocrite is found. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 249 A clamorous quack or canting fanatic. 5. Heraldry. canting arms: = allusive arms n. at allusive adj. Compounds. So canting heraldry, canting herald, canting coat. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [adjective] > types of arms fixal1486 familiar1646 vocal arms1728 canting arms1738 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Arms Canting Arms, are those wherein the figures bear an allusion to the name of the family. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiv. 199 Canting heraldry . View more context for this quotation 1830 W. Scott Monastery (new ed.) II. vii. 92 A device of a punning or canting herald. 1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 30 His descendants gave a very clever canting coat, a bridge crossing a conventional similitude of water. 1875 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxiv, in Monthly Packet May 500 Boleyn—or Bull-en, had the canting arms of a black bull's head. Derivatives ˈcantingly adv. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > sanctimoniousness > [adverb] hypocritically1548 sanctifiedly1633 sanctimoniouslya1640 Pharisee-like1651 cantingly1695 pietistically1753 unctuously1864 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adverb] hypocritely1541 hypocritically1548 dissemblingly1551 Pharisaically1599 affectedly1637 cantingly1695 Tartuffishly1824 1695 Whether Preserv. Protest. Relig. Motive of Revol. 4 Sycophant Divines..cantingly blow us into Triumphs of Thankfulness and Joy. 1740 Trial Mr. Whitfield's Spirit 40 (R.) In a suffering hour, as he [Whitfield] cantingly expresses it. 1840 Hook in New Monthly Mag. 60 429 To moralize, not tediously, boringly, or cantingly. ˈcantingness n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹1674n.²1567n.³1651n.⁴1691adj.¹1626adj.²1592
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