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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..

Sail :: Sail (n.) To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton..

Cantonment :: Cantonment (n.) 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..

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..

Canton :: Canton (n.) A small community or clan.

Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself..

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

Landamman :: Landamman (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.

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

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

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

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

Tanka :: Tanka (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.

Cantoned :: Cantoned (imp. & p. p.) of Canto.

Cantoning :: Cantoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canto.

Canton Flannel :: Canton flannel () See Cotton flannel.

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

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

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..

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