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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.