| 单词 | canted |
| 例句 | She levered the drowned girl out of the cabin and down through the canted corridors of the ship until they spilled out the hole in the hull. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Eighteen years earlier, crossing a street in Cambridge, he had been hit by a car, and the surgically repaired leg canted out at a slight angle, making his gait a little awkward. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Kneeling beside him, Shin saw that his father’s right leg canted outward in an unnatural way. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Stranger still, this boy held his head high, not canted downward. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The corridors were all canted so that the door in the wall was slowly turning into a door in the floor. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Some of the older ones canted crazily, like crooked teeth, the names and dates eroded from decades of sun, wind, and snow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He sat heavily on the canted deck, perched in the sun. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Odd zooms, out-of-focus moments left in the edit, important moments happening in poorly lit, canted frames. Mark Duplass Can’t Get Enough of ‘Rocky II’ 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The trio of student accommodation blocks avoid the usual form of flimsy stacked hutches, instead standing as a cluster of supersized houses, with canted rooflines and big openings deeply carved into brick walls. Stirling prize 2013: shock of the new as five first-time nominees shortlisted 2013-07-17T23:01:00Z Along one wall, a 48-foot-wide and 20-foot-high canted plane of slate roofing tiles confronts the spectator with both invitation and refusal. Review | Theaster Gates reconfigures the old art-world colonialism 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Among the to-and-fro of school and town intrigue, the film’s color filters and canted camera angles create shallow, crowded spaces that echo Chagall’s roiling canvases. Review: In ‘Chagall-Malevich,’ Two Painters Clash in Revolutionary Russia 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The depth of the pho is something of a surprise at a restaurant whose other offerings seem slightly canted to please American palates. The Secret to District Saigon’s Broths: Slow Cooking 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z But on my return visit the bar was gone and the slightly canted square again belonged to the Roman soccer stars of tomorrow, gossiping grandmas and familiar Monti vagrants. Next Stop: In Rome, Monti Is a Quiet Treasure 2011-07-01T17:00:00Z Jafa doesn’t overdetermine the space he shoots but finds its best angle—often canted and filled with as much depth as proximity. The Profound Power of the New Solange Videos 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z When it is finished — it will open to the public on July 10 — the pavilion will feature large retractable awnings and a freestanding canted wall that rises 40 feet above the park. Inside Art: Jean Nouvel and Wolfgang Tillmans at Serpentine 2010-06-24T21:46:00Z Stretched across panoramic wide-screen, the eye-popping film portrays 1920 Vienna as a pullulating Old World metropolis, its buildings reeling at canted angles, its streets hosting grotesque violence. ‘Hinterland’ Review: Murderers Among Us 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Lopsided over the big auditorium rises a dainty office tower, glass-clad with canted corners. Does Stirling work? 2011-04-01T23:05:23Z It will include an installation of five full-size billiard tables based on the eccentric, sharply canted one in Man Ray’s Surrealist painting “La Fortune” of 1938. The New Season: At Museums, de Kooning, Maurizio Cattelan and Sherrie Levine 2011-09-18T04:00:09Z The canted plaza will read differently if someday it is connected to a lighter, more airy and contemporary urbanism across the street. Is architect Bjarke Ingels’s bold remake of the Smithsonian Castle grounds mere folly? He returns home to Queens to care for his father, who is slipping into a spiritually canted senility. Author Scott Cheshire on his debut 'High as the Horses' Bridles' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z By the end of “Janky Star,” it’s hard not to be charmed by the warm interiority of her sound and her peculiar, canted vision of the world. Best Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Like the slightly canted angle that the director Viesturs Kairiss uses throughout the film, this playful conceit offers an off-kilter perspective on the past, emphasizing the tragic absurdity of human brutality. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z They were still flying through whiteness, so there was no horizon to judge their angle by, but the three of them in the row were definitely canted over, once and then again. The Weight 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z That record was deliciously creepy and anxiety-ridden, but a decade later, on “Daddy’s Home,” Clark is more inclined to address her father’s experience with a canted humor and swaggering bravado. St. Vincent Flirts With Autobiography and the Sounds of the ’70s 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z The camera swoops and races, and he deploys long shots and canted angles, isolating Angela in the frame as she rushes into a paranoid thriller à la “Blow-Up” and “The Conversation.” ‘KIMI’ Review: Sure She’s Paranoid, but Something Really Is Out There 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Between the blue-bronze sweep of sky and dusty yellow ground, his snaking, canted camera summons the creepiness the story needs and any stalking victim will recognize. ‘Jethica’ Review: Slow Stalker 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z With its garish color, canted angles and baroque violence, the first “Suspiria” is still adept at unsettling your equilibrium, which is fitting for a film that renders psychosis into visual style. Review: ‘Suspiria’ Is a Gaudy Freakout of Female Violence 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Instead of facing the street, it is canted where the two sides meet. 1927 stone house in Chevy Chase, Md., offered at $5 million 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Those who bear right will probably encounter 2001’s “Sylvester,” a massive torqued steel spiral with canted walls through which people can walk a slightly unsettling path to the askew but calm center. Glenstone unveils a monumental Richard Serra, in a custom-built space 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Branagh, seldom an intuitive composer of images, frames the action from bizarrely canted angles that further frustrate the movie’s already uncertain point of view. Review: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ is a personal but muted story of childhood’s end 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The stylized way the camera rotates into suspicious canted angles is overused to the point of emotional inertia. Review: The gothic terror and limited scares of 'The Unholy' bog down in tired tropes 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z As an example of these different stresses, in the space shuttle, the RS-25 engines were canted up and away from the solid rocket boosters. Nasa's giant SLS rocket: a guide 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z The feverish brilliance of that movie had something to do with its shivery low-key realism, achieved with little more than canted camera angles, Jim Henson puppets and billows of green smoke. Review: Anne Hathaway is a hoot, but this remake of 'The Witches' is an awfully thin brew 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z One visually striking difference with them sitting side by side is how much more pronounced the Jeep’s front fenders are, flanking its tapered hood and canted grille, compared to the Bronco’s blunt and boxy shape. Ford Broncos caught parked next to Jeep Wrangler, which do you prefer? 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z The entire 2021 Durango lineup is also getting a new dashboard design inspired by the Challenger’s, with a central 10.1-inch canted toward the driver, while the Hellcat adds deep sport seats. The 710 hp 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat is the most powerful SUV ever 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The whole mountain was canted like a huge table missing legs on one side. Perspective | Glacier and me: Amid a stunning landscape, an ailing science journalist weighs his own uncertain life span 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z The reliable Rachel Talalay will direct a few episodes with a particularly striking use of canted angles, moody lighting, and ample fog. The horror movie Ma does Riverdale better than Riverdale 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z In the spectral beam of the truck’s lights against the dark, the canted succulents and bowed branches of hakea trees looked like the waving spindles of a deep-sea reef. Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Once it was a heavily forested course with canted fairways hampered by just a single fairway bunker. The Olympic Club (Lake) - Golf Digest 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z To the astonishment of Merkel’s liberal supporters, she canted to the right in December and called for a ban on full-face veils. The Ad Guru Hired to Help Reshape Angela Merkel's Image 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z A long sidehill/uphill dogleg left with lots of trouble, including a deep bunker edging a canted green. The Best 18: Which NYC Golf Holes Made the Cut? - Golf Digest 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z With its canted lower section and upper surveillance gallery, it has the unmistakable air of a prison perimeter wall. Watchtowers, drones and a toxic moat: the designs for Trump's border wall 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z DeHais also masterminded the set, an eye-catching arrangement of menacingly canted bookshelves full of little surprises. Humor and horror bubble up together in Annex’s ‘Scary Mary’ 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Once it was a heavily-forested course with canted fairways hampered by just a single fairway bunker. The Olympic Club (Lake) - Golf Digest 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Traveling fans at BC Place canted “Captain Jack!” in his honor after the game. Timbers eliminated from playoffs with 4-1 loss to Vancouver 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The top portion of a launch pad tower, which is used to raise the rocket and support it vertically, had canted over. SpaceX assessing launch pad damage after explosion at Cape Canaveral 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Michelle’s story, a sly parody of art-house style, has a much rawer handheld look, full of intense closeups and canted angles. Live-action/animated hybrid 'Zoom' is a playful narrative turducken 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Greens are slanted and canted, many positioned on diagonals, so certain hole locations require precise tee shots to provide unobstructed angles. How Gil Hanse Beat Nicklaus, Norman and Player for the Rio Job - Golf Digest 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z It's grainy VHS footage, slightly canted and occasionally tracking or hanging up on a frame. Laura Poitras at the Whitney: redrawing the war on terror 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The term “trade routes” may summon up visions of broad paths, but thousand-pound yaks can traverse faint, canted trails the width of your outspread hands. Clinic in the Clouds 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The center console, inspired by fighter jets, is canted toward the pilot. Video Review: New Maxima Gives Nissan Fans a Reason to Trade Up 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z He rolls down Capitol corridors with his huge shoulders canted forward in an attitude of momentum, his big arms sort of dangling. Takes: Jonathan Franzen's Profile of Dennis Hastert 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z It looks great, and the canted angle remains natural. 5 film techniques J.J. Abrams will use to showcase his Star Wars universe 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Ain designed a canted wall for the kitchen, along with a canted wall on the exterior facade. Architect-designer couple modernizes a Modern house Friends and family members noticed that she seemed perpetually canted to one side. A Tiny Stumble, a Life Upended 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z For this, we looked at The Third Man, for the canted angles, and then the cinematography of Jack Cardiff, who worked on Black Narcissus, A Matter of Life and Death and The Red Shoes. How we made Do the Right Thing 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z He was creeping his way into the group of bystanders, his gun canted loosely in my direction, sweat dripping through his hair and shining his cheeks. Twelve Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity 2013-08-28T18:07:36Z The scheme's myriad failings stem from one calamitous choice: the decision to hoick the 154-year-old clipper close to three metres into the air on canted steel props. Cutty Sark revamp 'calamitous' 2012-09-14T13:21:00Z His six uniforms hung on wood hangers and were evenly spaced and canted to the right. For New Cadet, Army Football Season Is a Break From Plebe Year 2012-09-05T19:25:20Z It is a stark box of concrete floors and white walls in zigzag subway tile, with canted Stonehenge-esque lights above and a glossy black counter in back. Hungry City: Mile End Sandwich, a New Jewish Deli, in Manhattan 2012-07-11T18:00:03Z The tight turns in the canted fairways, putting a premium on accuracy instead of sheer length. Intriguing Open produces major mystery for Woods 2012-06-19T19:25:11Z These icebergs were all stratified, at more or less regular distances, with blue lines, which before they capsized or canted from displacement of their centres of gravity, were always horizontal. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z In removing the cross-file marks it will be found that the file will cut more freely if it be slightly canted so that it cuts most at and near the edge, as shown in Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The sledge bobs hanging on her bottom weighted her down, and canted her so much, though the water was perfectly smooth, that it was necessary to make the trip very carefully. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z He never croaked or canted—never whined or repined—was proud, self-willed, self-reliant—knew his strength, and asked no favors and showed no quarter. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Thomas Paine was a drunkard, and re- canted on his death-bed, and died a blaspheming infidel besides. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Small and reserved with a canted chair, it was directly at one of the long windows on the Parque Central. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z The familiar bridge, on which so many of our safe sea-days have been spent, is canted at an angle that makes foothold uneasy. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z By the aid of a tackle composed of the halliards and main-sheet blocks the boat was canted over and finally lowered keel uppermost. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z "Look at that shop window!" said Kilgour, as another woman, smothered in diamonds, canted past. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z If he had re- canted, of course there could have been no objection to his body being buried by the side of the best hypocrites on the earth. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z The elastic under his chin did not hold his hat straight upon his bobbed hair and the brim was canted over one ear and gave him a rakish expression. Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z She lay, canted over, across the sea, with her after-part sinking and the long swell which still ran breaking over her. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z With his yellow silk handkerchief around his neck, and his curls of yellow hair—pretty as a woman's—and his sombrero canted back—he looked as if he was made of mountain-top fresh air. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z The wind had veered to the south and west, and canted the whaler ever so slightly, as all yards were braced fore and aft. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z He knows better, but it felt that way if tee shots did not stay in the narrow, canted fairways. Torrey Pines: Tiger Woods starts year with 69 and trails by 5 strokes 2011-01-28T01:58:43Z I—” She canted her head suddenly, and looked sidewise at him with an expression half satiric, half indignant. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z The bombs of rock canted out from sheer weight and fell behind. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The port paddle-wheel was disconnected; but shortly afterward there was a shift of wind, and the vessel canted the wrong way. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Her yards were canted, her masts sloped forward instead of aft, her standing rigging was loose and weather-rotted. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z He is sufficiently popular that Republican candidates barely mention him; they are obsessed, instead, with Nancy Pelosi, whose name is canted like a congressional voodoo curse. Encountering Anguish and Anxiety Across America 2010-11-18T14:50:00Z Like Earth, the polar axes of both Saturn and Titan run from north to south and are canted slightly, which gives both the planet and its largest moon “seasons.” Finding a Way to Give a Saturn Explorer 7 More Years 2010-04-19T20:24:00Z If the dog is not square with the work, the wood piece should be canted so that the bearing will not be all on one side. Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. Sometimes the ceilings were horizontal, sometimes canted on two sides, and sometimes they take the form of a barrel-vault. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The light craft sailed into the wind and canted far to leeward, gliding from the shadow of the headland as the sun swung over the shoulder of Siberia. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Now, whether Tom made some mistake in getting those tins canted into the hat properly or not will never be known. Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 Thus a bay window, the sides of which are not parallel, or at right angles to the spectator, is said to be canted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" This feature prevents the nut from being canted on the arbor and insures an accurately faced nut. Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. And tonight men in long black robes walked the great circle, related each of the stones to its constellation in the heavens, canted their hymns to the dark powers that had spawned them. Day of the Druid The Pole Star canted and drove north along the meridian line, its course parallel to that of the fast-coming Bear. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z The Sunsprite was lying sharply canted on its side, and it was difficult to scramble down through the tilted passageways and decks to the big main cabin. The World with a Thousand Moons At an opportune moment she cut her gear adrift, canted under speed and helm, returned the U-boat's fire and sank her in five rounds. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Of all the innumerable cants that ever were canted, the cant about Thackeray's "cynicism" was the silliest and the most erroneous. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) Our canted wake upon the sea and our somewhat drunken-looking course upon the chart both testified with no less certainty to an impetuous westward current. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) A soft halo capped the funnel, like the tip of an ashless cigar, and the throbbing shook the deck which was canted ever so slightly under the influence of the northeast wind. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Off Martinez, where the river is wide, we canted ship, and worked back to Port Costa against the tide. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Metropolitan churches toppled, and pitched, and canted, and cracked, their bowing walls all out of plumb. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Suddenly, as a particularly vicious blast came whistling by, it canted as though it were going to fall. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers The threads on the angle bolt were canted at a slightly different angle: where one ran up, the other ran down. The Ethical Engineer He halted Easy Money and canted his white shield so that the red cross in its center would be visible from above. A Knyght Ther Was We raised her pretty fast, and the island after her; and made out she was hard aground, canted on her bilge, and had her ens’n flying, union down. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) The nobles were swerving their vehicles frantically from side to side, trying to avoid the boulders, but their ability to do so was being destroyed by bullets that ricocheted viciously off the canted forepeak plating. The Barbarians Had that tug, loaded down with building material, ever canted against the cylinder, the whole effort would have been in vain. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Voltaire might have canted if he’d stood in my shoes; but the brains“—with a rattling fillip on his bald head—“the brains were clear and active, and I saw and made no deductions.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) She heads north, and is canted over to port with her port rail under water. The Boys of '98 I would have canted and recanted, and called black white, and white black, and confessed, and denied! Records of Later Life It marked an ascending area, and there ships canted swiftly, swung their blunt noses upward, and vanished, to the upper levels. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 But at last he plucked one out and canted it over the edge of the box. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Woolfolk himself put her on the beach; and, with the tender canted on the sand, steadied her spring. Wild Oranges The machine canted, spun about with one wing almost vertical, that wing-tip struck the marsh, and it settled with a monstrous splashing of mud. The Fifth-Dimension Tube She was canted at such an angle that her lee rail was invisible under the boiling white, and her deck planks seemed a part of the sea. The Harbor of Doubt But say––” He crowded his hands into his pockets and canted his head to one side, ogling her roguishly. Hidden Water All this while he had sat, his spectacles on his nose, and his chair canted against the window-sill, absorbed in the newspapers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Beyond each pilaster is a canted side joining the porch to the wall and having a large niche and figure near the top. Portuguese Architecture His eyes were closed, his head canted at an odd angle. Reel Life Films By setting wedge-shaped stones in the top of the cleft rock and prying with the crowbar, Gowan had gradually canted the top of the loose outer bowlder towards the edge of the precipice. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The awning was canted, the commodore and his friend got out and mounted the stairway, while the boat’s crew stood up with their hats off. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life It canted to one side to head off the struggling plane that could never escape, did not try to escape. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 The wind had been blowing strong from the south-east all the morning; and a gust of it caught the Elba's stern, and canted it suddenly round, when the small cable snapped like a packthread. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. With her extra canvas, the James was canted over perilously. The Black Buccaneer It’s to one side, though it now stand nearly on top; because the body o’ the whale be canted over a bit. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature “Oh, do be careful, Arch!” cried Lucy, for the ponderous machine ground through the soft bank that hemmed in the road on that side, and canted dangerously for a second or two. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Of course, when the schooner canted over, the boom had swung outboard, and the cap of it and a foot or two of sail hung even under water. Treasure Island Jeremy watched the sluggish water glide by below the canted rail, till at last small quivering blurs of light, the reflections of stars, began to gleam in the ripples. The Black Buccaneer About midday, while superintending the launching operations, the baulk of timber on which he stood canted up, and he fell up to his middle in the Thames mud. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson I saw him after with his nose flattened way out to starboard, and one eye canted. Hawtrey's Deputy Luckily the awning was canted towards them, or they would have shot several of us, as it had seven shots through it. A Sailor of King George Sitting with his chair canted against that dingy wooden fa�ade he thought of the school-teacher and the coming night. Mountain Blood A Novel About a quarter of a mile away, above the reeds, which grew in rank profusion to a man's height or higher, they saw a pair of slender masts, canted far over. The Black Buccaneer Mrs. Cartier made her usual futile remark that "one never knew what the girl would do next," and whined and canted about the matter for days together. Where Deep Seas Moan Similarly if the piece is canted to the left the sights are lowered to the left, and consequently the bullet will strike to the left and low. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition "Of all the cants that are canted in this canting age" this has always seemed to me the most wretched, especially when it comes from professed psychologists. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Physical appeal this Ruth had, but it was the allure of sunlight and meadows, of tennis and a boat with bright, canted sails, not of boudoir nor garden dizzy-scented with jasmine. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Accompanied by the two boys, he made his way along the steeply canted deck of the plunging schooner to the breach of the swivel-gun at the bow. The Black Buccaneer Ben," said Josiah Franklin one day, "this is no place for you—you are not balanced like other boys; your head is canted the other way. True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin It is most important that in aiming the sights be kept vertical and the piece not be canted,—that is, that the barrel be not tilted over to the right or left. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition She was just hung there, canted to an angle of forty-five, and ready to slide down with the first shift of a sea. The Grain Ship Something gave way—but Carl sat safe, with the machine canted to one side. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The sloop was making great speed down the middle channel of the Bay, her canvas straining in a fine west breeze, and her deck canted far to leeward. The Black Buccaneer To lie over, or incline to either side out of the perpendicular: usually applied to a ship when canted by the wind, or by being unequally ballasted. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. I saw him with his nose flattened way out to starboard, and one eye canted. Masters of the Wheat-Lands As they rushed down tortuous declivities, the cars banged and canted round the curves, while Prescott held on tight, his feet braced against a rail. Prescott of Saskatchewan The yards of the Nathan Ross were canted in mournful tribute to his brother. All the Brothers Were Valiant Three or four dead men lay on the canted deck, for no effort had been made as yet to clean the ship. The Black Buccaneer They derive their name from being canted or raised obliquely from the keel. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The shipwrecker and I went about her canted decks, groped through dark recesses where it might have been the rats we heard, and peered into the sonorous shades of the empty cargo spaces. Old Junk But here the snow was not packed flat, as it is on the thoroughfare, so that when the twisting was applied one runner promptly left earth, and the whole sleigh canted dangerously. The Adventures of Bobby Orde On examination he said the ship could be got off again if she could be canted over and a sail "fothered" over the hole temporarily. Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 In another moment or two a heavy sea caught her on the starboard quarter, canted her round, and dashed her broadside on to the reef with terrific violence. "Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 The car stopped suddenly and canted over, and the girl was jerked forward to her knees. The Man Who Knew The Fiscal chief glanced through the letter in his hands, then canted his head a little and read again. Final Weapon As the descent increased, we found that the rope canted the box, so that it was in danger of running off the board track. Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer She had settled her glasses on her nose again, and now, with her finger, went following the bows round under her hair, to be sure they "canted right." Country Neighbors Selby exploded in weak, sputtering fury, and, as always, his glasses canted on the high, thin bridge of his nose and waggled in time to each jerk of words. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories A lurch of the boat canted me and I threw out my left hand to prevent myself from diving overboard. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers But what I hate is the cant that is canted about it by those who have not even the virtue to take their equivalent on the sly. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 "He is hurt! he will be drowned!" gasped Ruth, and seeing him so helpless, she sprang nimbly over the canted side of the boat and sought to draw her uncle's head out of the water. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace The main-mast canted to leeward, and was in imminent danger of falling. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Sedilia.—These are on the south side in the canted bay of the apse. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire He put slings under the arms of two men and let them down the canted side of the craft, on either side of the great gap. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers She had her chin tucked down, and her head canted to one side, and her mouth puckered into the mushiest kind of a grin you ever saw. Shorty McCabe It struck the boat with a heavy jar that canted it at a dangerous angle and caused the terrified horses to struggle frantically to keep their feet. Prairie Flowers I lay sprawled out on a sharply canted floor of metal, and from outside the house, or whatever it was I was in, I could hear the screeching and howling of the wind. The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette Having been canted to seaward, the next billow completely filled her, and, of course, drenched the crew. The Lighthouse The Sea Spell had driven so hard and fast upon the shoal that she canted neither to port, or starboard. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers The eyes were painted about twice life-size—some rolled up, some canted down, some squintin' sideways, and a lot was just cross-eye. Shorty McCabe Thus the sloop was canted over a little towards the water. Fort Desolation Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land So I permitted his lordship to go on with his questions, at every one of which Captain Reud, looking more like a baboon than a human being, canted the globe more and more. Rattlin the Reefer Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world—though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! Newton Forster The Merchant Service The ship mercifully canted the right way under single-reefed topsails, topgallant sails, jib, and driver, and with a strong breeze stood out of the treacherous bay. The Three Admirals Over she was borne to leeward, dipping and dipping until her yard-arms; and then, the tops of her masts, touching the water, becoming gradually immersed as the ship canted. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea Before the men could ascend the shrouds the wind struck the vessel, like an avalanche, on her starboard broadside, heeling her over to port as if she had been canted by the caulkers in dock. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land We were jolly glad you got canted out, though you are a bit of a mule. Tom, Dick and Harry When some one related that Whitfield had recanted, "No, madam," she replied, "he has only canted." Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. The latter's shoulders were hunched with haste, his hat was pressed deep and irregularly over his forehead, his face, set hard, was canted forward. Lloyd George The Man and His Story O my Gammer Hocus, the bald Mare has canted me one Toss; Fill a Dram, sick am I, some Spirit offer me to suck on. The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4 I came up from beneath a pile of assorted medical supplies, braced myself against the canted deck, and looked out the wind-shield. Highways in Hiding Kerr presented his back, and with his head a little canted forward seemed to listen, absorbed in his companion. The Coast of Chance Jack had canted his head a little to one side, smiling faintly for the joy of the memory. Riders of the Silences He stood very erect, but his chin was drawn in a little, and his head canted forward. Lloyd George The Man and His Story As he struck the bottom a few feet from her, he found her heavily canted to star-board. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World He talked spiritually to *them; he sighed he wept, he canted, he prayed. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell He could only sit—his head a little canted forward—looking at Harry with the traces of a dry smile upon his lips. The Coast of Chance He had a vivid mental picture of the rocket shape, its once silvery sides dulled by exposure, canted crookedly amid trees. Star Hunter The first keys were merely long levers with a nub at the end of them, mounted on a pivot, which the player canted up at the strings on the see-saw principle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world—though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst—the cant of criticism is the most tormenting. Shadows of the Stage And they had such a horror of cant, that they canted on the other side. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story With a heave and a lurch that canted the boat until the water poured over her gunwale, the huge tub was rolled overside into shallow water. News from the Duchy When they are canted at a considerable angle to our line of sight their shadow is seen on the planet, bordering their outer edge where they cross the ball. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries She canted clear of the groove in the chocks as they swung the forward davit out and the Captain stepped abaft the men who hauled. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories The mill quivered in every beam, and the floor canted like the deck of a vessel. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel One boat went down the Straits and found herself rather canted over to one side. Sea Warfare Quick as only a reptile can be, he canted, to remedy the error, but the impetus of his ten-foot bulk was still upon him; it carried him by. The Way of the Wild She lay helplessly canted to starboard, her head pointing up the creek. The Astonishing History of Troy Town He canted his head, as if it were thickish, gave a dignified look, and again turned to his meditations;—'Beg pardon, but I don't know you,' he grumbled. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth His head was canted a little to one side an' he was lookin' up at me. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst—the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses He took one hand off his hip long enough to lift the drooping wing that canted toward the south. Skyrider The ship first canted over, her sails resting on the water, righted herself and then slowly disappeared. Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' Two moorings bobbed in the bay, but there was no craft save a white rowboat hauled high above tidewater and canted on its side. Poor Man's Rock She struck rather sidewise than bows on, canted on her side and stuck fast, the mad waves making a clear sweep over her, pouring down into the cabin through the skylight, which was destroyed. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe He canted the sauce pan a little one side, and allowed the water to run over the rim, and strike upon the native's naked shoulder. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia And instead of spilling out a few drops only, he canted the flagon too far and spattered the wine on to the floor. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. For all our efforts the Gauntlet still canted heavily to leeward, and as the gale grew to its height the little canvas necessary to heave-to came near to drowning us. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 At the same time I heard a shrieking, like to that of persons in distress; I looked out, and saw the yawl canted bottom upwards by a sea, and soon afterwards disappeared. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Their black yards were deeply canted, like spears, to avoid collision. Israel Potter He picked up his hat and canted it over his face. The Ramrodders A Novel Some lay canted almost on their beam ends. Lady Good-for-Nothing A boat would hesitate above us, poised and rocking on the snowy ridge of an upheaval, and vanish as the Windhover canted away. London River Even as the stairway canted he lost his balance; they were both thrown violently through the open hatchway, and swept off into the boiling surf. The Wings of the Morning The engine had taken a drift edge-way, had canted up, and then rolled over against the walls of the cutting. Acton's Feud A Public School Story And on a sudden, the arms were transferred from about the forehead to the neck and the little girl, with her sunny head canted to one side, was making good her promise of reward. Santa Claus's Partner The dying man's arms canted upwards as his shoulders were dragged under. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest These have canted bay windows below them, and their pediments are surmounted by figures representing Mercury and Athæne. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically It was only when empty that it canted to one side. After London Or, Wild England Clinging like a leech to the canted roof of the forward cabin, Steve himself worked along with the rope and, half-drowned in rain and surf, made it fast to the cleat. The Adventure Club Afloat He was standing on the balls of his feet, with his torso canted slightly forward from the waist. Wide Courses The air-liner had, however, settled down a good deal in the sand, and had canted at a sharp angle to port. The Flying Legion I saw a great heap of frozen snow fallen on its edge and partly canted over, half covering a deep red stain which was turning black and horrid in the daylight. Red Axe I became aware merely that that side of the machine canted downward and refused to rise again in response to the lever. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 There was a dancing breeze when they turned homeward that afternoon; the boat canted saucily, and little feathers of spray kept tickling Dodo's nose. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners In abundant instances, the sins changed places,—Cavaliers canted, and Puritans plundered. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 The nacelle sank gently on to a heap of motionless pilgrims, canted to the left, and came to rest. The Flying Legion "Grant me patience, just Heaven!—Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world—though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst—the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!" The Grammar of English Grammars Again and again the sledge got one runner on harder snow than the other, canted on its side, and refused to move. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The hold, however, was very slight, and by getting two of the anchors to the cat-heads, the vessel was canted sufficiently to admit, of her passing. The Crater The masts had fallen towards the reef, the ship having fortunately canted in that direction, and the boat was thereby protected in some measure from the surf. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829 He had to hold the rail with one hand, for now the metal plates of the observation gallery were sharply canted. The Flying Legion I care not one single curse for all the criticism that ever was canted or decanted, or recanted. Famous Reviews One ear he canted back to the pain-roughened voice which spoke at his ear. Alcatraz But he had soon given it up, seen it wouldn't do; the above-mentioned priests were not representative; the Church as a whole canted, was hypocritical and Potterish, and must go. Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract By the time they had canted the water out of the swamped boat, Bill and his partner appeared on the scene. The Cruise of the Dazzler Mr. Cornell grasped the handles of the plough, and, watching an opportunity, canted it so as to catch the point of a rock, and broke it to pieces while Professor Morse stood looking on. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II The bow of Nina’s canoe loomed up close to the log, canted high out of the water by the weight of the sitter in the stern. Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river Yet he rode the spiritless chestnut with both hands, his body canted forward a little, his whole attitude one of desperate alertness. Alcatraz In conformity with such Wieroo architecture as he had already observed, the well through which the ladder rose continually canted at an angle from the perpendicular. Out of Time's Abyss Voltaire might have canted if he'd stood in my shoes; but the brains' - with a rattling fillip on his bald head - 'the brains were clear and active, and I saw and made no deductions.' Tales and Fantasies The night was hot and still; the new moon, canted over like a sinking galleon, was low over the horizon. Moran of the Lady Letty Clouds of sea-gulls were forever rising and settling upon this mud bank; a wrecked and abandoned wharf crawled over it on tottering legs; close in an old sailboat lay canted on her bilge. McTeague He had one of those long faces which invariably imply shrewdness, and he canted his head to one side while he watched Andy. Way of the Lawless Jack had canted his head a little to one side. Riders of the Silences It means a sign o' mourning the yards bein' canted opposite ways, to look drunk an' disorderly. Traffics and Discoveries His coarse, homespun clothes, dyed brown with walnut-shells, slouch hat crowning his shock of gray hair, and hickory shirt open at the throat, only heightened the resemblance; especially the hat canted over one eye. The Under Dog The night was warm and still; the moon, very low, and canted on her side like a galleon foundering. McTeague In a short time a tremendous tempest was blowing, the wind coming from the north, and the Ark, notwithstanding her immense breadth of beam, was canted over to leeward at an alarming angle. The Second Deluge The rough-hewn runners constantly sank into snow-drifts and the sledge canted over, so that the poor man, trembling with fear and cold, had to prop it up with all his strength. Selected Polish Tales Then they changed their tactics and canted through their noses in the manner which they imagined to be peculiar to methodist preachers. The Three Clerks I began to picture him to myself—young, blond hair, blue eyes, drooping mustache, slouch hat canted rakishly over one eye; not over twenty-five years of age. The Under Dog The canoes canted; some took water; all were thrown against each other in the central group; and cries, shouts, orders and a wild fencing off with paddles followed. Darkness and Dawn I raised myself slightly in order to cover them, but the movement was fatal; the bed canted and I was again at large. Prisoner for Blasphemy An instant later, the deck of the house upon which I stood, became canted forrard. The Ghost Pirates She felt him try to turn the sledge, but they were going too fast; the light frame canted and turned over, and they rolled off into the snow. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" Every man canted his ear to get the answer and already they were grinning expectantly. The Untamed The other's head was canted back so that, as we passed, we looked right into his face. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front When I tried to get on the bed it canted over and deposited me on the floor. Prisoner for Blasphemy Pete Reeve canted his head back and looked into the face of the giant. Bull Hunter She canted her head a little to one side; such an encounter of personal quips was a seventh heaven to her. Gunman's Reckoning The steamer canted, and the Captain's orders rang out clear. The Magnetic North As he put up his lips, Paula bent her head forward, and, nicely directed, from the indented crown of her hat canted a glassful of water into his face. The Little Lady of the Big House A telescope stood in the yard, with its huge barrel canted up toward the lustrous evening star. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 Mr. Shackford stood in an attitude of attention, with his head canted on one side, his eyes fixed on the ceiling, and the straw between his teeth tilted up at an angle of forty degrees. The Stillwater Tragedy The detective canted his head, looked the tramp over from his shoes to his unkempt head, and turned suddenly to Kling. Felix O'Day Then he canted over to port and reached down into his pocket. Cape Cod Stories He found the old gentleman behind the barn, bending over a barrel that was canted over at an angle of seventy degrees, and from which issued a cloud of steam. The Fiend's Delight Seymour, Latrobe, and the others canted their seats to face the speaker squarely. Kennedy Square Each Maghrabi worked like an Atlas, the "Golden Wire" canted half over, and, sliding heavily through the sand, once more floated off into deep water. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 McGowan again shifted his hat—this time he canted it on one side. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero I'd work my way by short drifts over as far as this, an then I'd gradually move along till I kine o' canted over to the New Brunswick shore. Lost in the Fog Captain Holt canted the brim of his sou'wester, held his bent elbow against his face to protect it from the cut of the wind, and looked in the direction of the surfman's fingers. Tides of Barnegat It lurched sickeningly and jammed at a precarious angle, canted up on two wheels. The Lamp of Fate We could see Price's teams stopped, half a mile away; one of the loads appearing low, and canted over to the off side; bogged, evidently. Such Is Life Jimmy never canted, nor did he ever throw the blame, with paltry, savage vindictiveness, on the horse he had ridden. Under Two Flags "Oh, it's you, is it!" was Mrs. Tanberry's courteous observation as she canted the vehicle in her descent. The Two Vanrevels I planted myself alongside the governor, and canted my eye around toward my mate. Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion Its gold path canted slowly from her, then, as by magic, vanished. The Country House I followed Captain Nemo, who, via one of the doors cut into the lounge's canted corners, led me back down the ship's gangways. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea At the first signpost Casey canted a malevolent eye upward and went lurching by at top speed. The Trail of the White Mule But for all their stubborn valour, they ended by being pressed back and back across the decks that were dangerously canted to starboard by the pull of the water-logged Arabella. Captain Blood The other stood beside the open window and there he canted his head, his glance far off and intent. The Seventh Man "Of all the cants that are canted in this canting world," wrote Sterne, "kind Heaven defend me from the cant of Art!" Miscellaneous Papers It was a huge quadrilateral with canted corners, ten meters long, six wide, five high. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Gerard could swim like a duck; but the best swimmer, canted out of a boat capsized, must sink ere he can swim. The Cloister and the Hearth We raised her pretty fast, and the island after her; and made out she was hard aground, canted on her bilge, and had her ens'n flying, union down. The Wrecker She canted her head to one side and considered him with fearless blue eyes. The Seventh Man Grey Molly listened with pricking ears and often canted her head to one side as though she strove to understand the game. The Seventh Man Crossing through the lounge, I arrived at the door, contrived in one of the canted corners, that opened into the captain's stateroom. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
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