canton1 (kant on)

[= G. canton (but Swi G. usually ort: see ord ), OF. cant = Sp. Pg. It, canto), a corner: see cant1.] 1. J. Adams , Works, IV. 376. Shak ., T. N., i. 5. cantonal (kan'ton-al), a. [ Canton crape. See crape. cantoné (kan-ton-a'), a. [F. cantonné, pp. of can tonner: see canton1, v.] In her., same as cantoned, 1. cantoned (kan tond), a. [ ners: said of a cro when de picted of the full size of the field, as an honorable ordinary. -2. Furnished at the angles or sides with some projecting part: in arch., applied to a building of which the cor ners are decorated with projecting pilasters or coins. The expre ion is more particularly employed in describing pillars such as those of the Renai ance style, which 1 Cantoned Building. 2 1. Hôtel de Ville, Arras, France. 2. College of the Sapienza, Rome. have a projecting shaft on each of their faces or on each of their angles. Canton flannel. See flannel. can tonite (kan'ton-it), n. [ Cantuarian can tonner, canton: see canton1, v.] 1. A part or division of a town or village a igned to a particular regiment of troops; especially, in India, a permanent military station forming the nucleus of the European quarter of a city. You find by degrees that an Indian station consists of two parts: the cantonments of the Europe ans, the native city and bazaar. W. H. Ru ell , Diary in India, I. 180. 2. pl . The dwelling-places occupied by an army during any suspension of active operations in the field; the temporary shelter, other than that of tents, which an army may occasionally take, as when, during a season of exce ive heat, the troops are distributed in villages, houses, etc., but so as not to be widely scattered; military quarters; specifically, the winter quarters of an army. The troops lay principally in cantonments about the mouth of the Thames. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 89. can to on (kan-tön'), n. A strong cotton cloth smooth on one side and corded on the other. See corded .