What is the meaning of Cant?

An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.

Empty, hypocritical talk.

Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.

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.

A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.

To speak in set phrases.

To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.

Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.

To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.

Side, edge, corner, niche.

Slope, the angle at which something is set.

A corner (of a building).

An outer or external angle.

An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.

A movement or throw that overturns something.

A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.

A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.

A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.

To set (something) at an angle.

To give a sudden turn or new direction to.

To bevel an edge or corner.

To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

To divide or parcel out.

A parcel, a division.

Lively, lusty.

song

Apocopic form of canto

bold, lively, cant

lively

Alternative form of chant

edge

one hundred

hundred

century

hoop

rim

Source: wiktionary.org