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

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

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.

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

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

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

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..

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

Senate :: Senate (n.) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons..

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

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

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

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

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

Bernese :: Bernese (a.) Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants..

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

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

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..

Canton :: Canton (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..

Cantonize :: Cantonize (v. i.) To divide into cantons or small districts.

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