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  • 31Cant. — abbr. Canticles (Old Testament). * * * 1. Canterbury. 2. Cantonese. * * * abbrev 1. Canterbury 2. Canticles * * * cant1 «kant», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. talk that is not sincere; moral or religious statements t …

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  • 32CANT 25 — Infobox Aircraft name=CANT 25 caption= type=Flying boat fighter manufacturer=Cantiere Navali Triestino designer=Raffaele Conflenti first flight=1927 introduced=1931 retired= status= primary user=Regia Aeronautica more users= produced= number… …

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  • 33cant — I. ⇒CANT1, subst. masc. Formalisme excessif, hypocrisie de manières et de langage, particuliers à une certaine classe de la société anglaise. Lord Byron détestait le cant, ou l hypocrisie des salons et le prenait au tragique (MÉRIMÉE, Ét. de litt …

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  • 34CANT 6 — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=CANT 6 caption= type=Maritime patrol flying boat manufacturer=CANT designer=Raffaele Conflenti first flight=1925 introduced= retired= status= primary user= more users= produced= number built=3 variants with their own… …

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  • 35CANT 10 — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=CANT 10 caption= type=Flying boat airliner manufacturer=CANT designer=Raffaele Conflenti first flight=1925 introduced= retired= status= primary user=SISA more users= produced= number built=18 variants with their own… …

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  • 36CANT 18 — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=CANT 18 caption= type=Flying boat trainer manufacturer=CANT designer=Raffaele Conflenti first flight=1926 introduced= retired= status= primary user=SISA more users= produced= number built=29 variants with their own… …

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  • 37CANT 22 — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=CANT 22 caption= type=Flying boat airliner manufacturer=CANT designer=Raffaele Conflenti first flight=1927 introduced= retired= status= primary user=SISA more users= produced= number built=10 variants with their own… …

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  • 38cant — cant1 cantingly, adv. /kant/, n. 1. insincere, esp. conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety. 2. the private language of the underworld. 3. the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc …

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  • 39cant — {{11}}cant (1) insincere talk, 1709, earlier it was slang for whining of beggars (1640s), from a verb in this sense (1560s), from O.N.Fr. canter (O.Fr. chanter) to sing, chant, from L. cantare, frequentative of canere to sing (see CHANT (Cf.… …

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  • 40cant — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Low German *kant Date: 14th century dialect England lively, lusty II. verb Etymology: 3cant Date: circa 1543 transitive verb …

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