canting

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It was the most dangerous thing Chen Canting had done in his life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Canting, the second oldest of his five children, was the most ambitious.

From Time Magazine Archive

At present, I shall confine myself to the second class, which are called, in Latin blazon, Arma Cantantia, in French, Armes Parlantes, and in English, Canting Arms.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Does he think to put me down with his Canting, not being able to do it with his poetry?

From A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 by Smiles, Samuel

He then criticizes somewhat severely the errors and omissions in Dekker's Canting glossary, adding considerably to it, and finally joins issue with the Belman in an attempt to give "song for song".

From Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] by Farmer, John Stephen