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Quote:The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.[Albert Einstein]

Quote:Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. [Horace Walpole]

Quote:Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence. [Hermann Hesse]



Definitions of: cant

Definition: A corner; angle; niche.

Definition: An outer or external angle.

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

Definition: 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.

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

Definition: A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

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

Definition: An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Definition: to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

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