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Canton (Page: 212)
Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.]
[Cf.
F.cantonner.]
1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as
a distinct portion or division.
They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual
world. Locke.
2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or
divisions of an army or body of troops.

Ed. note: Although AHD on line recognizes the verb canton in its etymology of cantonment and supplies a hyperlink to the entry for canton, it does not recognize the verb form in the hyperlinked entry. B&M AHD does recognize the verb.