cant
cant
jargon
Synonyymisanakirja
cant
särmä, viiste, kaltevuus, vinous, viistotus, terävä reuna, levennys, pulina, puhe, keskustelu, hurskastelu, tekopyhyys, penger, piennar, kallistuma, kallistus, penkka, mäki, rinne, törmä, siirtää, viedä, kallistua, viettää.
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Englannin sanakirja
cant (englanti > suomi)
cant englanniksi
puhekieltä An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.
1836, Three discourses preached before the Congregational Society in Watertown, http://books.google.ru/books?id=GflLAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22cant%22%20phrase&pg=PA65v=onepage&q=%22cant%22%20phrase&f=false page 65
puhekieltä A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
puhekieltä empty Empty, hypocritical talk.
People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant.
1749, w:Henry Fielding|Henry Fielding, s:The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling|The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book IV ch iv
1759-1770, :w:Laurence Sterne|Laurence Sterne, :w:The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
puhekieltä whining Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
puhekieltä A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
puhekieltä A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
Jonathan Swift
Ben Jonson
Bishop Sanderson
puhekieltä To speak in set phrases.
puhekieltä To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
Beaumont and Fletcher
puhekieltä Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
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(RQ:Stevenson Treasure)
A corner (of a building).
An outer or external angle.
An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
1830, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, volume 3, http://books.google.ru/books?id=lD0gAQAAMAAJ&dq=sudden%20cant&pg=PA621v=onepage&q=sudden%20cant&f=false page 621
A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give.
to give a ball a cant
puhekieltä A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
puhekieltä A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
puhekieltä To set (something) at an angle.
to cant a cask; to cant a ship
puhekieltä To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football
puhekieltä To bevel an edge or corner.
puhekieltä To overturn so that the contents are empty emptied.
puhekieltä To divide or parcel out.
(apocopic form of)