broadside vs cant

broadside

verb
  • To collide with something side-on. 

adv
  • Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. 

noun
  • The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet. 

  • A forceful attack, be it written or spoken. 

  • One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing. 

  • A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. 

cant

verb
  • To bevel an edge or corner. 

  • To give a sudden turn or new direction to. 

  • To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner. 

  • To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup. 

  • To speak in set phrases. 

  • To set (something) at an angle. 

  • Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms. 

  • To overturn so that the contents are emptied. 

noun
  • An outer or external angle. 

  • A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms. 

  • Slope, the angle at which something is set. 

  • A corner (of a building). 

  • A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. 

  • Whining speech, such as that used by beggars. 

  • A movement or throw that overturns something. 

  • A parcel, a division. 

  • A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group. 

  • A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta. 

  • An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. 

  • Empty, hypocritical talk. 

  • An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt. 

  • A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given. 

  • A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads. 

  • An unfinished log after preliminary cutting. 

  • A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel. 

adj
  • Lively, lusty. 

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