CANDY. Drunk. IRISH.
CANE. To lay Cane upon Abel; to beat any one with a cane or stick.
CANK. Dumb.
CANNISTER. The head. To mill his cannister; to break
his head.
CANNIKIN. A small can: also, in the canting sense,
the plague.
CANT. An hypocrite, a double-tongue palavering fellow.
See PALAVER.
CANT. To cant; to toss or throw: as, Cant a slug into
your bread room; drink a dram. SEA WIT.
CANTICLE. A parish clerk.
CANTING. Preaching with a whining, affected tone, perhaps a corruption of chaunting; some derive it from Andrew Cant, a famous Scotch preacher, who used that whining manner of expression. Also a kind of gibberish used by thieves and gypsies, called likewise pedlar's French, the slang, &c. &c.
CANTERS, or THE CANTING CREW. Thieves, beggars, and gypsies, or any others using the canting lingo. See LINGO.