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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Cant, n.1 [L. cantus, It. canto.] a. ? Song, music. b. A canto. — 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i. 375.
In modulation hard I play and sing … , Cant organe, figuratioun, and gemmell — c1590 J. Stewart 29/516.
As my nixt cant the maner sall declair Ib. 30, etc.
The 3 cant
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