Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CANT, n.4 (See quot.) See also Cant-robin.Fif. c.1850 A. G. Gilchrist in letter 21/2/30:
Cant. This was my father's name in his boyhood for the wild rose hip. The Kirkcaldy boys ate these “cants,” or at any rate the fleshy part of them.
