canting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb heel over
    tilt; cant; slant; cant over; pitch.
    • The tower is tilting
    • The ceiling is slanting

WordNet

Cant"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. 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.
Cant"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The use of cant; hypocrisy.

Webster 1913