canton

1. n. A song or canto Source: opted

2. n. A small portion; a division; a compartment. Source: opted

3. n. A small community or clan. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. v. i. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. Source: opted

7. v. i. To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. Source: opted

8. n. a small administrative division of a country Source: wordnet

9. v. provide housing for (military personnel) Source: wordnet

10. v. divide into cantons, of a country Source: wordnet

11. A song or canto [Obs.] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak. 1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the "English pale" Davies. 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. 2. A small community or clan. 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. 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. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn. 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. Source: webster

12. A song or canto [Obs.]Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak. Source: adambom

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