- 2. Regular, stated.
Canonicals, n. pl. Full dress (of a clergyman).
Canonize, v. a. Declare a saint, make a saint of, enroll in the canon.
Canopy, n. Awning, tilt, baldaquin.
Canorous, a. Musical, tuneful.
Cant, n
- 1. Whining talk, pious prating, sanctimonious phrases.
- 2. Hypocrisy, affected piety, sham holiness.
- 3. Peculiar form of speech, professional parlance, partisan vocabulary, shibboleths of sect, popular cry.
- 4. Slang, jargon, low language, thieves’ vocabulary, argot, lingo.
- 5. Auction, vendue, auction sale.
- 6. Turn, tilt, slant.
Cant, a. Set, partisan, routine, current, rote, popular, bandied by the crowd.
Cant, v. n. Whine, affect piety.
Cantankerous, a. (Colloq.) Crabbed, perverse, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, refractory, contumacious, headstrong, wilful, dogged, intractable, heady, obdurate, stiff, cross-grained.
Canter, n.
- 1. Whiner, sanctimonious prater, pious twattler, Pharisee.
- 2. Easy gallop, gentle gallop.
Canter, v. n. Gallop gently.
Cantharides, n. pl. See Spanish Flies.
Canticle, n. See song
Canticles, n. pl. The song of songs, Song of Solomon.
Cantilever, Cantaliver, Cantiliver, n. Bracket, modillion, projecting beam.