Superelevation vs. Cant — What's the Difference?

The angle that a gun must be elevated above the line of its target to allow for the effect of gravity on the projectile.

Angular deviation from a vertical or horizontal plane or surface; an inclination or slope.

The cant of a railway track; the difference in elevation (height) between its two edges, as on a curve.

A slanted or oblique surface.

A thrust or motion that tilts something.

The tilt caused by such a thrust or motion.

An outer corner, as of a building.

Tedious or hackneyed language, especially when used sanctimoniously

The special vocabulary peculiar to the members of an underworld group; argot.

The special vocabulary of a profession, discipline, or social group; jargon.

Cant See Shelta.

Whining or singsong speech, such as that used by beggars.

To set at an oblique angle; tilt.

To give a slanting edge to; bevel.

To change the direction of suddenly.

To lean to one side; slant.

To take an oblique direction or course; swing around, as a ship.

To speak tediously or sanctimoniously.

To speak in argot or jargon.

To speak in a whining or singsong voice.

(countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.

Empty, hypocritical talk.

(uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.

A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.

(obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.

(obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.

Slope, the angle at which something is set.

A corner (of a building).

An outer or external angle.

An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.

A movement or throw that overturns something.

A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.

(coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.

(nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

(lumbering) An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.

A parcel, a division.

(intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.

(intransitive) To speak in set phrases.

(intransitive) To talk, beg, or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.

Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.

(obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.

(transitive) To set (something) at an angle.

(transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.

(transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.

(transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

To divide or parcel out.

Lively, lusty.

A corner; angle; niche.

An outer or external angle.

An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.

A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.

A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.

An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.

The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.

A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.

To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.

To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.

To sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

Stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);

Insincere talk about religion or morals

Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

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