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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Canton \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. They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. --Locke. 2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cantoned \Can"toned\, a. 1. (Her.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself 2. (Arch.) Having the angles marked by or decorated with projecting moldings or small columns; as a cantoned pier or pilaster.
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