outcant

verb

outcant

verb

/aʊtˈkænt/

Etymology From out- + cant.

1

Obsolete 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; [...]1735, Alexander Pope, “The Second Satire of Dr. John Donne”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume II, London: […] J. Wright, for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 47, lines 35–38:

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