T H E C A N T
By now, a berk might've gone barmy with all the dark "slang" here. As any blood knows, this talk is the cant. Here are its definitions, translated into prime language:
| Word | Meaning |
| Addle-Cove | A way to call someone an idiot |
| Bar that | Don't talk about that |
| Barmies | Insane people who have been touched by the impossible bigness of the planes |
| Basher | A neutral reference to a person, usually a fighter of theif |
| Berk | A fool |
| Birdcage | A cell or other small, contained room |
| Blinds | The dead-ends of the mazes; anything hopeless |
| Blood | Anyone who is an expert at his craft |
| Bob | To cheat someone |
| Bone-box | Mouth |
| Bub | Cheap ale or beer |
| Bubber | A drunk |
| Burg | Any town smaller than Sigil |
| Cage, The | Sigil, a reference to birdcage |
| Case | The house where a cutter lives |
| Chaosmen | A nickname for the Xaositects, a faction in Sigil |
| Cipher | A nickname for the Transcendant faction |
| Clueless, The | Folks who usually just don't get it, usually primes |
| Chant, The | The lowdown on the latest local news |
| Cross-Trade | The buisness of thieving, or any illegal activity |
| Cutter | A term that refers to anyone someone wants |
| Dark | A secret |
| Dustmen | One of the factions in Sigil |
| Fated, The | Another faction |
| Garnish | A bribe |
| Give 'em the laugh | To escape from someone |
| Give the rope | What happens to criminals if they get caught |
| Godsmen | Yet another faction |
| Guvner | Another faction |
| Harmonium | A faction |
| High-Up Man | A person with a lot of power and influence |
| Indeps | A faction |
| Jink | Money |
| Kip | Anywhere a cutter can rest or stay for a night |
| Knight of the post | A theif |
| Leafless Tree | The gallows |
| Lost | Dead |
| Lost, The | A nickname for the Athar faction |
| Mazes, The | The nasty traps of the Lady for those who present a challange to her power |
| Mercykillers | A faction which believes there is an absolute justice |
| Music | A price a cutter doesn't want to pay but has to |
| Out-Of-Touch | Outside of the outer planes |
| Out-Of-Town | Out on the outlands |
| Peel | To trick or swindle |
| Peery | Suspicious and on one's guard |
| Pike it | A general, all purpose phrase |
| Put in the Dead-Book | To kill |
| Scragged | Arrested |
| Senstates | Nickname for the society of Sensation, a faction |
| Signers | Nickname for the Sign of One, a faction |
| Sod | A poor or unfortunate soul |
| Turn Stag | To betray someone |