n.
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cant side, probably from Middle Dutch or Middle French dialect; Middle Dutch, edge, corner, from Middle French dialect (Picard), from Latin canthus, cantus iron tire, perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to W cant rim; perhaps akin to Greek kanthos corner of the eye
Date: 1603
1 obsolete : CORNER , NICHE
2 : an external angle (as of a building)
3 : a log with one or more squared sides
4 a : an oblique or slanting surface b : INCLINATION , SLOPE