Canton
['kæntən(ə)l;kæn'təʊn(ə)l] or ['kæntən]
Definition
(noun.) a small administrative division of a country.
(verb.) divide into cantons, of a country.
Checker: Wyatt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A song or canto
(n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.
(n.) A small community or clan.
(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.
(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.
(v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.
(v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
Editor: Miles
Definition
n. a division of territory constituting in Switzerland a separate government in France a subdivision of an arrondissement: (her.) an ordinary of a shield being a square occupying generally the dexter sometimes the sinister chief of the field.—v.t. to divide into cantons: to allot quarters to troops.—adjs. Can′tonal pertaining to or divided into cantons; Can′toned (archit.) ornamented at the corners with projecting pilasters: (her.) placed in the midst of charges occupying the corners.—n. Can′tonment (also pronounced can-tōōn′ment) the temporary quarters of troops when taking part in manœuvres or active operations: in India permanent military towns distinct and at some little distance from the principal cities.
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Examples
- The canton of Berne is the single republic in Europe which has amassed any considerable treasure. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This was a party of Arabs, who came by sea to Canton in a trading vessel from Yanbu, the port of Medina in Arabia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Apply with a tuft of cotton, and finish by rubbing down hard with Canton flannel or a woolen rag. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But so did the Moslem historians, because of that mosque at Canton, and so did the Christian writers, because of the Nestorian envoys (631). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This policy of lending money to foreign states is, so far as I know peculiar to the canton of Berne. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The canton of Underwald, in Switzerland, is frequently ravaged by storms and inundations, and it is thereby exposed to extraordinary expenses. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In a Swiss canton, or in some of the little states in Italy, it may, perhaps, sometimes be necessary to restrain the exportation of corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- My father was Swiss--Canton de Vaud. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In the canton of Berne it is so high as a sixth part of the price of all noble fiefs, and a tenth part of that of all ignoble ones. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If he professes himself to be of any other, indeed, the law obliges him to leave the canton. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Johnston stopped on the Canton road only six miles north of Jackson, the night of the 14th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In the greater part of the protestant cantons, there is not a single person to be found, who does not profess himself to be of the established church. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Edited by Janet