Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAN'TON
CAN'TON, v.t. [Sp. acantonar.]
- To divide into small parts or districts, as territory; to divide into distinct portions. – Locke. Addison.
- To allot separate quarters to each regiment of an army or body of troops. – Marshall. Encyc.
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