2. A rapid or easy passing over.

A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics.

Sir J. Stephen.

Can"ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cantering.] To move in a canter.

Can"ter, v. t. To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Cant"er, n. 1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.

2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

The day when he was a canter and a rebel.

Macaulay.

Can"ter*bur*y (?), n. 1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas Ó Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

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