Cant, a blow or toss; “a CANT over the kisser,” a blow on the mouth; “a CANT over the buttock,” a throw or toss in wrestling.
Cantab, a student at Cambridge.
Cantankerous, litigious, bad-tempered. An American corruption probably of contentious. A reviewer of an early edition of this book derives it from the Anglo-Norman CONTEK, litigation or strife. Others have suggested “cankerous” as the origin. Bailey has CONTEKE, contention as a Spenserian word, and there is the O.E. CONTEKORS, quarrelsome persons.
Cant of Togs, a gift of clothes.
Canvasseens, sailors’ canvas trousers.
Cap, a false cover to a tossing coin. The term and the instrument are both nearly obsolete. See [COVER-DOWN].
Cap, “to set her CAP.” A woman is said to set her CAP at a man when she makes overt love to him.
Cap, to outdo or add to, as in capping jokes.
Cape Cod Turkey, salt fish.
Caper-Merchant, a dancing-master. Sometimes a hop-merchant.