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<p><b>3.</b> <def>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 <er>Arrondissement</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a <b>canton</b> in our arms. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Canton</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"ton</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cantoned</er> ; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cantoning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F.<ets>cantonner</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>canton</b> out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.</def>

<h1>Cantonal</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"ton*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.</def>

<h1>Canton crape</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"ton crape"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also <altname>Oriental crape</altname>.</def>

<i>De Colange.</i>

<h1>Cantoned</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"toned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; <as>as, a <ex>cantoned</ex> pier or pilaster</as>.</def>

<h1>Canton flannel</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"ton flan"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See <er>Cotton flannel</er>.</def>

<h1>Cantonize</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"ton*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To divide into cantons or small districts.</def>

<h1>Cantonment</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"ton*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cantonnement</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the houses of the people during any suspension of hostilities, they are said to be in <i>cantonment</i>, or to be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or military towns, are termed <i>cantonments</i>.</note>

<h1>Cantoon</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can*toon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.</def>

<h1>Cantor</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Can"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a singer, fr. <ets>caner</ets> to sing.]</ety> <def>A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>cantor</b> of the church intones the Te Deum. <i>Milman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cantoral</h1> <Xpage=212>