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   cant

   /kant/

   verb

   • 1. have or cause to have a slanting or oblique position; tilt: "he canted his head to look at the screen"
   • ▪ (of a ship) swing round: "the ship canted to starboard"

   noun

   • 1. a slope or tilt: "the outward cant of the curving walls"
   • 2. a wedge-shaped block of wood, especially one remaining after the better-quality pieces have been cut off: "a squared-off cant remains, containing the knottiest wood"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting an edge or brink): from Middle Low German kant, kante, Middle Dutch cant ‘point, side, edge’, based on a Romance word related to medieval Latin cantus ‘corner, side’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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