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See Cantle.

A rapid or easy passing over. A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics. Sir J. Stephen.

A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope.

A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.

A sailor's song.

r more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.

One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend. You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. Dryden.

The person in whose favor a covenant is made.

One who makes a covenant.

Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.

A brittle cake or other crisp pastry.

Relatingto, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.

Dantelike; Dantean. Earle.

A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.

A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

One who descants.

An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.

Somewhat like a dilettante.

The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.