canton
-1 n. நாட்டுப் பிரிவு, மண்டலம், சுவிட்சர்லாந்து நாட்டின் மாகாணம், பிரான்சு நாட்டின் ஆட்சிச் சிறு பிரிவு, நிலப்பிரிவு, மூலை, (க-க.) அரை உட்பதிவான சதுரத்தினால் அழகு செய்யப்பட்ட மூலை, (கட்.) கேடய மேல் மூலையில் சிறு சதுரம். (வி.) பகுதிகளாகப் பிரி, தனி ஆட்சிப்-2 v. போர் வீரர்களுக்கு உறைவிடம் ஒதுக்கு.
Can"ton, n. Defn: A song or canto [Obs.] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak. Can"ton, n. Etym: [F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.] 1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the "English pale" Davies. There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. Bp. Burnet. 2. A small community or clan. 3. A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement. 4. (Her.) Defn: 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. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn. Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.] Etym: [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.) Defn: To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. Can"ton, n. Defn: A song or canto [Obs.] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak. Can"ton, n. Etym: [F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.] 1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the "English pale" Davies. There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. Bp. Burnet. 2. A small community or clan. 3. A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement. 4. (Her.) Defn: 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. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn. Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.] Etym: [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.) Defn: To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.