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Cant, CANT, canting, or canted may refer to:

Cant (architecture), part of a facade
CANT (aviation) (Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini), an aircraft manufacturer
Cant (log), a log partially processed in a sawmill
Cant (road/rail), an angle of a road or track
Cant (shooting), referring to a gun being tilted around the longitudinal axis, rather than being horizontally levelled
Cant (surname), a family name and persons with it
Canting, a tool used in making batik
Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician), an American performer who goes by “CANT”
University of Canterbury, a New Zealand university which uses Cantuar or Cant as an abbreviation for their name in post-nominal letters

Topics referred to by the same term

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 ==Language==
-* [[Cant (language)]], a secret language
+* [[Cant (language)]], a
+* [[Can’t]], contraction of cannot
-* [[Beurla Reagaird]], a language of the Scottish Highland Travellers
-* [[Scottish Cant]], a language of the Scottish Lowland Travellers
-* [[Shelta]] or the Cant, a language of the Irish Travellers
-* [[Thieves’ cant]], a language of criminals
 * [[Canting arms]], heraldic puns on the bearer’s name
+* [[Beurla Reagaird]],   Scottish Highland Travellers
-* [[Can’t]], contraction of cannot
+* [[Scottish Cant]],   Scottish Lowland Travellers
+* [[Shelta]],   Irish Travellers
+* [[Thieves’ cant]],    criminals
 ==Other uses==