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- Canton - n. - A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- Canton - v. i. - To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
- Canton - v. i. - To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
- Canton - n. - A song or canto
- Canton - n. - A small portion; a division; a compartment.
- Canton - n. - A small community or clan.
- Canton - n. - A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.
- Canton crape - - A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape.
- Canton flannel - - See Cotton flannel.
- Cantonal - a. - Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.
- Cantoned - imp. & p. p. - of Canton
- Cantoned - a. - Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.
- Cantoned - a. - Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.
- Cantoning - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Canton
- Cantonize - v. i. - To divide into cantons or small districts.
- Cantonment - n. - A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.
- Bernese - a. - Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants.
- Vaudois - n. sing. & pl. - An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud.
- Avoyer - n. - A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
- Cantonal - a. - Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.
- Incanton - v. t. - To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community.