cantoning

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cantoning - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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