Obs. dial. [f. CANT a.] intr. To become ‘cant’ or well; to recover strength, to mend. Hence Canting vbl. sb.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Cant … also (Cheshire) to grow Strong and Lusty.
1691. Ray, N. C. Wds., s.v., ‘A health to the good wives [wife’s] canting’ i. e. her recovering after lying-in.
