outcant

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outcant

/aʊtˈkænt/

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From out- + cant.

verb outcants · outcanting · outcanted

obsolete, transitive To surpass in canting; to use more jargon than. I paſs o'er all thoſe Confeſſors and Martyrs Who live like S—tt—n, or who die like Charters, Out-cant old Eſdras, or out-drink his Heir, Out-uſure Jews, or Iriſhmen out-ſwear; [...]

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@misc{outcant_2026,
  title = {outcant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outcant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}