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_Baillie._
3. Easily, so as not to hurt or gall, S.
_Rutherford._
4. Gently, applied to a horse obeying the rein, S.
_Waverley._
~Canniness~, s.
1. Caution, forbearance, moderation in conduct, S.
_Baillie._
2. Crafty management.
_Baillie._
CANOIS, CANOS, CANOUS, adj. Gray, h.o.a.ry. Lat. _can-us_.
_Douglas._
_To_ CANT, _v. n._ To sing in speaking, to repeat after the manner of recitation, S.
Lat. _cant-are_, to sing.
_To_ CANT, _v. a._ To set a stone on its edge, a term used in masonry, S.
Germ. _kant-en_, id.
_To_ CANT, _v. n._ To ride at a hand-gallop, S. B. _Canter_, S.
CANT, _adj._ Lively, merry, brisk.
_Barbour._
~Canty~, _adj._ Lively, cheerful; applied both to persons and to things, S.
_Burns._
Ir. _cainteach_, talkative, prattling; Su. G. _gant-a_, ludificare.
CANTEL, CANTIL, _s._ A fragment.