cantoned \can"toned\, a.
   1. her. having a charge in each of the four corners; --
      said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield
      itself.
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   2. arch. having the angles marked by, or decorated with,
      projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier
      or pilaster.
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canton \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.
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            they canton out themselves a little goshen in the
            intellectual world.                   --locke.
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   2. mil. to allot separate quarters to, as to different
      parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
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see also:
cantoned cantoning