cantoned

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cantoned - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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