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Can"ton (?), n. A song or canto [Obs.]
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Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak.
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Can"ton, n. [F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.] 1. A small portion; a division; a compartment.
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That little canton of land called the “English pale” Davies.
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There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. Bp. Burnet.
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2. A small community or clan.
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3. 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.
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4. (Her.) 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.
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The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn.
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Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.] [Cf. F.cantonner.] 1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
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They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. Locke.
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2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
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