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Canton :: Canton (n.) A small community or clan.

Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..

Decani :: Decani (a.) Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side..

Descant :: Descant (v. i.) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble..

Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..

Canton :: Canton (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..

Cumshaw :: Cumshaw (n.) A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.

Canton Flannel :: Canton flannel () See Cotton flannel.

Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..

Canticle :: Canticle (n.) A canto or division of a poe.

Duan :: Duan (n.) A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.

Grisons :: Grisons (n. pl.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.

Avoyer :: Avoyer (n.) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.

Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster..

Cantoral :: Cantoral (a.) Of or belonging to a cantor.

Cantoning :: Cantoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canto.

Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division..

Cantoris :: Cantoris (a.) Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall..

Cantor :: Cantor (n.) A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.

Canton :: Canton (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.

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