Definition of canto

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

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Cantoned :: Cantoned (imp. & p. p.) of Canto.
Grisons :: Grisons (n. pl.) The largest and most eastern of the Swiss cantons.
Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..
Landamman :: Landamman (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
Canto :: Canto (n.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small community or clan.
Vaudois :: Vaudois (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud..
Cumshaw :: Cumshaw (n.) A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.
Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melod.
Fit :: Fit (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus..
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..
Canto :: Canto (n.) One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
Cantonment :: Cantonment (n.) A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters..
Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster..
Cantonize :: Cantonize (v. i.) To divide into cantons or small districts.
Cantoon :: Cantoon (n.) A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
Duan :: Duan (n.) A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song.
Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself..
Canton :: Canton (n.) A small portion; a division; a compartment.
Senate :: Senate (n.) The upper and less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some Swiss cantons..
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