An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CANOIS, CANOS, CANOUS, adj. Gray, hoary. Lat. can-us.
Douglas.

To CANT, v. n. To sing in speaking, to repeat after the manner of recitation, S.

Lat. cant-are, to sing.

To CANT, v. a. To set a stone on its edge, a term used in masonry, S.

Germ. kant-en, id.

To CANT, v. n. To ride at a hand-gallop, S. B. Canter, S.

CANT, adj. Lively, merry, brisk.
Barbour.

Canty, adj. Lively, cheerful; applied both to persons and to things, S.
Burns.

Ir. cainteach, talkative, prattling; Su. G. gant-a, ludificare.

CANTEL, CANTIL, s. A fragment.
Sir Egeir.