4. A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.
Can"ti*coy (?), n. [Of American Indian origin.] A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.
Can"tile (?), v. i. Same as Cantle, v. t.
||Can`ti*le"na (?), n. [It. & L.] (Mus.) See Cantabile.
Can"ti*lev`er (?), n. Same as Cantalever.
Can"til*late (?), v. i. [L. cantillatus, p. p. of cantillare to sing low, dim. of cantare. See Cantata.] To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart.
Can`til*la"tion (?), n. A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.
Can*tine" (?), n. See Canteen.
Cant"ing (?), a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.
-- Cant"ing*ly, adv. -- Cant"ing*ness, n.
Canting arms, Canting heraldry (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.
Cant"ing, n. The use of cant; hypocrisy.
||Can`ti*niere" (?), n. [F., fr. cantine a sutler's shop, canteen.] (Mil) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandiŔre.
Can"tion (?), n. [L. cantio, from canere to sing.] A song or verses. [Obs.] Spenser.
Can"tle (?), n. [OF. cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece, F. chanteau a piece cut from a larger piece, dim. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.] 1. A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part. "In one cantle of his law." Milton.
Cuts me from the best of all my land
A huge half moon, a monstrous cantle out.
Shak.
2. The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel. [Written also cante.]