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

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

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

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

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

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

Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops..

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

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..

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

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..

Sail :: Sail (n.) To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton..

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

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

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.

Canton :: Canton (n.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side..

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..

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

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