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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.

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.


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