"canting" meaning in English

See canting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more canting [comparative], most canting [superlative]
Etymology: From cant + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cant|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From cant + -ing. Head templates: {{en-adj}} canting (comparative more canting, superlative most canting)
  1. That cants or preaches in a false manner. Derived forms: cantingly, cantingness
    Sense id: en-canting-en-adj-3E7FIJ4m Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 33 41 26 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 34 35 30 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 36 39 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: cantings [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ (canthing). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|jv:ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Javanese", "term" : "ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "jv" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "canting", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="canting"> Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ (canthing). Head templates: {{en-noun}} canting (plural cantings)
  1. Alternative form of tjanting. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tjanting
    Sense id: en-canting-en-noun-eZU3xeqa Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 33 41 26 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 34 35 30 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 36 39 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 42 26 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 32 44 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 53 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 50 23 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 26 55 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: From cant + -ing. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cant|-ing|text=+|tree=1}} From cant + -ing. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} canting
  1. present participle and gerund of cant Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cant
    Sense id: en-canting-en-verb--BpDvoY7 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 33 41 26 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 34 35 30 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 36 39 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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