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Cantor :: Cantor (n.) A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.

Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..

Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melod.

Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops..

Cantonal :: Cantonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.

Cumshaw :: Cumshaw (n.) A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.

Grisons :: Grisons (n. pl.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.

Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

Hoppo :: Hoppo (n.) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce..

Canton :: Canton (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.

Canton Crape :: Canton crape () A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape..

Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..

Canton :: Canton (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..

Avoyer :: Avoyer (n.) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.

Decani :: Decani (a.) Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side..

Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster..

Vaudois :: Vaudois (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud..

Canton :: Canton (n.) A song or cant.

Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division..

Duan :: Duan (n.) A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.

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