- Cantingness
- Canting Cant"ing, a.
Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or
religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting
rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adv. --
{Cant"ing*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
{Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.