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The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.

drawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation. Other men's insatiable desire of revenge hath wholly beguiled both church and state of the benefit of all my either retractions or Eikon Basilike.

e with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England. Both English and American revisers were employed on the work. It was first published in a complete form in 1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See Authorized Version, under Authorized.…

Gold and silver, or money. [Cant] W. Wagstaffe. As long as the rhino lasted. Marryat.

Driving reins. [Cant] London Athenæum.

nts, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. Dr. Guest. -- Riding school, a school or place where the art of riding is taught.

the market (Stock Exchange), to raise or lower market prices, as by some fraud or trick. [Cant]

f appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit. Cant, U. S.]

tion on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights. A canting, mawkish play . . . had an immense run. Macaulay.

One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.]

To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error. [College Cant, U.S.]

A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value. [Tradesmen's Cant] Burnt sacrifice. See Burnt offering, under Burnt. -- Sacrifice hit (Baseball), in batting, a hit of such a kind that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.…

To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.

artfully deposit minerals in a mine in order to deceive purchasers regarding its value. [Cant] -- To salt away, To salt down, to prepare with, or pack in, salt for preserving, as meat, eggs, etc.; hence, colloquially, to save, lay up, or invest sagely, as money.

fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike. [Cant]

tuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account. [Cant]

n account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market. [Cant]

Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of. [Obs.] "A region scarce of prey." Milton.

With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just. With a scarce well-lighted flame. Milton. The eldest scarcely five year was of age. Chaucer. Slowly she sails, and scarcely stems the tides. Dryden. He had scarcely finished, when the laborer arrived who had been sent for my ransom. W. Irwing.

communion on account of a difference of opinion. "They were popularly classed together as canting schismatics." Macaulay.