See console-bracket.
·noun A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, hav...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The use of cant; hypocrisy. II. Canting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Cant>>. III. Canting ·adj Speak...
Preaching with a whining, affected tone, perhaps a corruption of chaunting; some derive it from Andr...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Thieves, beggars, and gypsies, or any others using the canting lingo. See lingo. ...
Is when by a sudden gust or stress of weather a ship is thrown so far over that the ballast settles ...
The Sailor's Word-Book