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Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.

ing the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.

To divide into cantons or small districts.

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.

A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.

A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor. The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman.

Of or belonging to a cantor. Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall. Shipley.

A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief. [Written also cantraip.] [Scot.]

A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales. [Written also kantry.]

Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry. "The canty dame." Wordsworth [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Contented with little, and canty with mair. Burns.

Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.

A cauterizing substance.

ly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.

Same as Anthodium.

See under Antimony.

Inactive; dormant [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. Spenser.