Canting /(?)/

Cant·ing

Canting

a.
  1. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone.

Phrases & Compounds
Canting arms
bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.

Canting

n.
  1. The use of cant; hypocrisy.