3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. Totten.
4. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.
5. (Coopering)
Defn: A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight.
6. (Mech.)
Defn: A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. Knight.
7. (Naut.)
Defn: A piece of wood laid upon athe deck of a vessel to support the bulkneads. Cant frames, Cant timbers (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.
CANT
Cant, v. t. [imp & p. p. Canted; p. pr. & vb. N. Canting.]
1. To incline; to set at an angle; to titl over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.