Look at how many definitions there are for the word CANT, which I had figured - had become almost obsolete:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cant

cant 1 (knt)
n.
1. Angular deviation from a vertical or horizontal plane or surface; an inclination or slope.
2. A slanted or oblique surface.
3.
a. A thrust or motion that tilts something.
b. The tilt caused by such a thrust or motion.
4. An outer corner, as of a building.
v. cant·ed, cant·ing, cants
v.tr.
1. To set at an oblique angle; tilt.
2. To give a slanting edge to; bevel.
3. To change the direction of suddenly.
v.intr.
1. To lean to one side; slant.
2. To take an oblique direction or course; swing around, as a ship.

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[Middle English, side, from Old North French, from Vulgar Latin *cantus, corner, from Latin canthus, rim of wheel, tire, of Celtic origin.]

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cant 2 (knt)
n.
1. Monotonous talk filled with platitudes.
2. Hypocritically pious language.
3. The special vocabulary peculiar to the members of an underworld group; argot.
4. Cant See Shelta.
5. Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
6. The special terminology understood among the members of a profession, discipline, or class but obscure to the general population; jargon. See Synonyms at dialect.
intr.v. cant·ed, cant·ing, cants
1. To speak tediously or sententiously; moralize.
2. To speak in argot or jargon.
3. To speak in a whining, pleading tone.

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[Anglo-Norman cant, song, singing, from canter, to sing, from Latin cantre; see kan- in Indo-European roots.]

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canting·ly adv.
canting·ness n.

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cant1
n
1. insincere talk, esp concerning religion or morals; pious platitudes
2. stock phrases that have become meaningless through repetition
3. specialized vocabulary of a particular group, such as thieves, journalists, or lawyers; jargon
4. singsong whining speech, as used by beggars
vb
(intr) to speak in or use cant
[probably via Norman French canter to sing, from Latin cantāre; used disparagingly, from the 12th century, of chanting in religious services]
canter n
cantingly adv

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cant2
n
1. inclination from a vertical or horizontal plane; slope; slant
2. a sudden movement that tilts or turns something
3. the angle or tilt thus caused
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a corner or outer angle, esp of a building
5. an oblique or slanting surface, edge, or line
vb (tr)
1. to tip, tilt, or overturn, esp with a sudden jerk
2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) to set in an oblique position
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) another word for bevel [1]
adj
1. oblique; slanting
2. having flat surfaces and without curves
[C14 (in the sense: edge, corner): perhaps from Latin canthus iron hoop round a wheel, of obscure origin]
cantic adj

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cant3
adj
Scot and Northern English dialect lusty; merry; hearty
[related to Low German kant bold, merry]
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun 1. cant - stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
buzzword
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
2. cant - a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
camber, bank
incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
3. cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang
bite - a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly bite from my paycheck"
swiz - British slang for a swindle
heist, rip-off - the act of stealing
shakedown - extortion of money (as by blackmail)
power trip - (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people
fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shtup, ass, shag, screw - slang for sexual intercourse
blowjob, cock sucking - slang for fellatio
hand job, jacking off, jerking off, wank - slang for masturbation
dekko - British slang for a look
square-bashing - drill on a barracks square
shakedown - a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"
caff - informal British term for a cafe
deck - street name for a packet of illegal drugs
gat, rod - a gangster's pistol
Mickey Finn - slang term for knockout drops
nick - (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick"
dreck, schlock, shlock - merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
cert - an absolute certainty; "it's a dead cert"
legs - staying power; "that old Broadway play really has legs"
soup-strainer, toothbrush - slang for a mustache
arsehole, bunghole, arse, asshole - vulgar slang for anus
bay window, potbelly, tummy, corporation, pot - slang for a paunch
niff, pong - an unpleasant smell
street name - slang for something (especially for an illegal drug); "`smack' is a street name for heroin"
corker - (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker"
hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"
baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle - pretentious or silly talk or writing
codswallop, folderol, trumpery, wish-wash, applesauce, tripe, rubbish, trash - nonsensical talk or writing
skin flick - a pornographic movie
dibs - a claim of rights; "I have dibs on that last slice of pizza"
non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
rhyming slang - slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component; "Cockney rhyming slang"
bun-fight, bunfight - (Briticism) a grand formal party on an important occasion
burnup - a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road
nosh-up - a large satisfying meal
hood - (slang) a neighborhood
'hood - (slang) a neighborhood
paleface - (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians)
poor white trash, white trash - (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished
honkey, honkie, honky, whitey - (slang) offensive names for a White man
slant-eye, gook - (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War)
Injun, red man, Redskin - (slang) offensive term for Native Americans
hymie, kike, sheeny, yid - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew
4. cant - insincere talk about religion or morals
pious platitude
talk, talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
5. cant - two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
bevel, chamfer
edge - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"
splay - an outward bevel around a door or window that makes it seem larger
Verb 1. cant - heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
cock - tilt or slant to one side; "cock one's head"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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cant1
noun
1. hypocrisy, pretence, lip service, humbug, insincerity, pretentiousness, sanctimoniousness, pious platitudes, affected piety, sham holiness Politicians are holding forth with their usual hypocritical cant.
2. jargon, slang, vernacular, patter, lingo, argot He resorted to a lot of pseudo-psychological cant to confuse me.

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cant2
verb tilt, angle, slope, incline, slant, bevel, rise The helicopter canted inward towards the landing area.
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cant1 [kænt]
A. N (= slope) → inclinación f, sesgo m; [of crystal etc] → bisel m
B. VT → inclinar, sesgar
C. VI → inclinarse, ladearse
cant over VI + ADV → volcar

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cant2 [kænt]
A. N
1. (= hypocrisy) → hipocresía(s) f(pl)
2. (= jargon) → jerga f
B. VI → camandulear
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cant [ˈkænt]
n (= hypocritical talk) → discours m hypocrite, propos mpl hypocrites
vt → pencher
vi → pencher
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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cant1
n
(= hypocrisy) → Heuchelei f, → scheinheiliges or leeres Gerede
(= jargon) → Jargon m, → Kauderwelsch nt

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cant2
n (= tilt) → Schräge f
vt → schräg stellen, kanten; the wind canted the boat → der Wind brachte das Boot zum Kippen
vi → schräg or schief sein, sich neigen; (boat) → kippen
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cant1 [kænt] n (hypocritical talk) → discorsi mpl ipocriti; (jargon) → gergo
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cant2 [kænt]
1. vi (tilt) → inclinarsi
2. vt → inclinare; (overturn) → rovesciare
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cant
n cant [kӕnt]
1 insincere talk politicians' cant. liegstories, huigeltaal, gefemel, femelary رِياء، نِفاق лицемерни приказки frázovitá řeč, tlach tom snak; floskel das Geschwafel ανειλικρινή λόγια hipocresía sõnamulin کلام غیر صادقانه sanahelinä langage hypocrite דִּברֵי צְבִיעוּת कपट की बात licemjerne riječi, laskanje zsargon bualan hræsni linguaggio ipocrita うわべだけの言葉 위선적인 말 veidmainiška kalba liekulība helah schijnheilige praat floskler, tomme fraser frazesy conversa fiada discuţie nesinceră/prefăcută лицемерие frázy hinavščina prazna priča tomma fraser, floskler การพูดอย่างไม่จริงใจ yapmacık konuşma 偽善言詞 лицемірство منافقانہ ، ریاکارانہ گفتگو lời giả dối 伪善的谈话
2 the special slang of a particular group of people thieves' cant. jargon كَلامُ اللُصوص жаргон hantýrka jargon der Jargon αργκό jerga erikeel گویش صنفی erikoiskieli jargon לָהָג किसी खास वर्ग, व्यवसाय इत्यादिक की निजी उपभाषा žargon tolvajnyelv slang slangur gergo 隠語 은어 žargonas, argo žargons slanga jargon sjargong gwara, żargon gíria jargon жаргон žargón žargon žargon jargong, förbrytarspråk คำแสลงสำหรับเรียกกลุ่มคน argo 行話 жаргон چوروں کا گروہ ، چوروں کی بولی tiếng lóng 黑谈，行话
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