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Canton :: Canton (n.) A song or cant.

Bernese :: Bernese (a.) Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants..

Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

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..

Tanka :: Tanka (n.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.

Canton Crape :: Canton crape () A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape..

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

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..

Landamman :: Landamman (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.

Cantonal :: Cantonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.

Cantoned :: Cantoned (imp. & p. p.) of Canto.

Hoppo :: Hoppo (n.) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce..

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

Hong :: Hong (n.) A mercantile establishment or factory for foreign trade in China, as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage..

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

Vaudois :: Vaudois (n. sing. & pl.) An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud..

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

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

Cantonize :: Cantonize (v. i.) To divide into cantons or small districts.

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