cantlngly 
cantingly (kan'ting-li), adv. In a canting 
manner; whiningly ; hypocritically. 
canting-wheel (kan'ting-hwel), n. A star- 
wheel for an endless chain, the cogs having 
the corners cut off or canted. E. H.Knii/ht. 
cantiniere (kau-te-nyar'), . [P., fern, of eau- 
tiiui'i', sutler, (. cantine, a sutler's shop, a can- 
teen : see canteen.] A female sutler to a regi- 
ment ; a vivandiere. 
cantino (kan-te'no), . [It., < cantare. < L. can- 
tare, sing: see cant 2 , c/ia<.] The treble string 
of a violin. 
cantiont (kan'shon), n. [= F. chanson (see 
flinnson), < L. cantio(n-), a song, < canere. pp. 
cantus, sing: see cant*, .] A song; anything 
that is sung. 
Singing a Caution of Colins making. 
Speiaer, Shep. Cal., October, Gloss*. 
cantle (kan'tl), . [< ME. cantel, cantil, < OF. 
cantel (F. chanteau) = Pr. cantel, a corner, a 
piece, bit (of. Sp. eantillo, a little stone), < 
ML. eantellas, dim. of cantus, side, corner: see 
cant 1 . Hence ult. scantle, scantlet, scantling, 
q. v.] 1. A corner; fragment; piece; portion. 
See how this river comes me cranking in, 
And cuts me, from the best of all my land, 
A huge half-moon, a monstrous cantle out 
Shalt., 1 Hen. IV., ill. 1. 
Do you remember 
The cantle of immortal cheese you carried with you ? 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, il. 4. 
2. The protuberant part of a saddle behind; 
the hind bow. In the war-saddles of the middle ages, 
after the thirteenth century, the cantle was made high 
and strong enough U> bear the weight and pressure of the 
person of the rider, who, when he put lance in rest tocharge, 
stood up in the stirrups and braced himself against It. 
cantlet (kan'tl), i>. t. [< cantle, n.} To cut into 
pieces ; cut a piece out of. 
The Duke of Lorraine was for cantling out some part of 
France, which lay next his territories. 
Drydm, Vind. of Duke of Guise. 
cantlet (kant'let), n. [Dim. of cantle, n. Cf. 
scantlet. ] A corner ; piece ; fragment ; a cantle. 
Huge cantteta of his buckler strew the ground. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., xil. 
Thanks to his clasp-knife, he was able to appropriate a 
wing of fowl and a slice of ham ; a cantlet of cold custard- 
puduing he thought would harmonize with these articles. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, xxxili. 
cantling (kant'ling), n. [< cant 1 + -ling 1 .} 
The lower course of bricks inclosing a brick- 
clamp. 
cantlyt, adv. [< cant*, a., + -ty 2 .] Boldly. 
Then criet he full cantly the knigbtes vpon, 
And the tyde men of Troy, with a tore steuyn, 
In hast for to liye to there hed prinse. 
Dtttruetion of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 6504. 
cant-molding (kant'mol'ding), n. A molding 
with a beveled face. 
canto (kan'to), . [< It. canto (= Pg. Sp. canto 
= F. chant, > E. chant), < L. cantus, a song, < 
canere, sing: see cant*, chant."] 1. A part or 
division of a poem of some length: as, the six 
cantos of "The Lady of the Lake." 2. In mu- 
sic, the highest voice-part in concerted music ; 
soprano. 
canto fermo (kan'to fer'mo). [It., < ML. 
cantus firmus : L. cantus, song; firmus, firm: 
see ciiant, canto, and firm.'} 1. Firm or fixed 
song: the ancient traditional vocal music of 
the Christian church: so called because, its 
form being settled and its use prescribed by 
ecclesiastical authority, it was not allowable to 
alter it in any manner, it was originally sung in uni- 
son, or in octaves only, and in its strictest fonn one note was 
assigned to each syllable of the words. After the third cen- 
tury it was allowable to add other parts in harmony with 
the canto fermo, which was then assigned to the teuui *oi.v 
and sung without change, the other parts moving above 
and below It in counterpoint more or less free, the com- 
poser being at liberty to give to each syllable as many 
notes, and to arrange them in such manner, as his taste 
and his ideas of harmony and fitness dictated. These ad. 
ditiouai parts, Iwlng more elaborate and ornamental than 
the canto fermo, were called, in contradistinction to it, 
canto jitfttrato. 
2. A theme or subject taken by a composer 
from the ancient canto fermo of the church, 
for contrapuntal treatment. The term is also techni- 
cally applied to themes written in imitation of the ancient 
canto Icrmii, mid treated i-oiitraimntally. Sec iitaln-muii.- 
canto figurato v kau'to fig-o-ra'to). [It., < ML. 
caiitiix liituriitHs: L. cantus, song; figuratus, 
figured, florid: see chant, canto, and figured.} 
Figured or florid song. See canto fermo. 
canton 1 (kan'ton), n. [= G. canton (but Swiss 
G. usually ori .-"see ord), < F. canton = Sp. can- 
ton Pg. i-nntSo = It. cantone, < ML. canto(n-) 
(also cantonum), a region, district, quarter of 
a city, also a squared stone. < cantus (> OF. cant 
= Sp. Pg. It. cantu), a corner: see cant 1 .} 1. 
799 
An angle or corner ; also, an angular space or 
nook. 
In a canton of the wall, right against the North end of 
the Sepulchre, there Is a clift In the rock. 
Sandy*, Travalles, p. 148. 
2. A portion of space ; a parcel of ground. 
There are no grotesques In nature ; not any thing framed 
to fill up empty canton*, and unnecessary space*. 
Sir T. Browne, Kellglo Medici, L 16. 
3. A small district; a subdivision of a country. 
Specifically (a) In Switzerland, one of the separate terri- 
torial member* of the confederation, constituting a dis 
tlnct state or government 
The canton of Underwald consist* only of village* and 
boroughs, although It Is twenty-live miles in length and 
seventeen In breadth. J. Adauu, Work*, IV. S16. 
(') In France, the territorial division be- 
low an arrondlssement and above a com- 
mune. See arronditeeinent. 
4. In her., a part of the chief, 
cut off on either the left- or the 
right-hand upper corner, it 1* al- 
ways bounded by straight horizontal and 
_~^ vertical lines, and Is generally consld 
Argent, a Canton $ of the .ubordlnarie*. See or. 
dinary. 
The King gave us the anues of England to be borne In 
a canton in our arme*. Evelyn, Diary, Aug. 21, 1682. 
5. A distinct part or division: as, the canton* 
of a painting or other representation, or of a 
flag. 
A square piece or canton of the Ash Tuny salted and 
condlted. Uullanat, Puny, II. 434. 
canton 1 (kan'ton), r. t. [= F. cantonner; from 
the noun.] l.'To divide into cantons or dis- 
tricts, as territory; divide into distinct por- 
tions; with i ml, to cut out and separate. 
They canton out to themselves a Uttle Ooshen in the 
Intellectual world. Locke, Conduct of Understanding, i I. 
You shall hear how I have canton' d out the day. 
Mn. Centlicre, Love at a Venture, I. 
2. To allot separate quarters to the different 
divisions or parts (usually regiments) of: as. 
to canton an army or a detachment. [In this 
sense pronounced kan-ton' and kan-ton'.] 
The practice of cantoning a body of soldiers near the 
plain where the kings are elected, has been adopted by 
several foreign powers for near a century. 
J. Adami, Work*, IV. 370. 
canton 2 *, n. A variant of canto. 
Write loyal cantone of contemned love, 
And sing them loud even In the dead of night 
Shot., T. N., i 6. 
cantonal (kan'ton-al), a. [< F. cantonal (= 
Pr. cantonal), < canton : see canton 1 .] Pertain- 
ing to or consisting of a canton or cantons. 
Canton crape. See crape. 
canton6 (kan-ton-a'), a. [F. cantonne, pp. of 
cantonner: see canton 1 , r.J In her., same as 
cantoned, 1. 
cantoned (kan'tond), a. [< contonl + -ed 2 ; 
after F. cantonnd.} 1. In her., between or 
surrounded by charges which occupy the cor- 
ners: said of a 
cross when de- 
picted of the 
full size of the 
field, as an hon- 
orable ordinary. 
2. Furnished 
at the angles or 
sides with some 
projecting part: 
in arch., applied 
to a building of 
which the cor- 
ners are deco- 
rated with pro- 
jectingpilasters 
or coins. The 
expression is more 
particularly em- 
ployed in describ- 
ing pillars such as 
those of the Renais- 
sance style, which 
have a projecting shaft on each of their faces or on each 
of their angles. 
Canton flannel. See flannel. 
cantonite (kan'tou-it), n. [< Canton (see def.) 
+ -ite 2 .] Copper sulphid (covellite) in cubic 
crystals, probably pseudomorphous, from the 
Canton mine in Georgia. 
cantonize (kan'ton-Iz), v. t. : pret. and pp. oon- 
tni;ed, ppr. canionizing. [< canton 1 + -tee.} 
To canton or divide into small districts. 
Thus was all Ireland cantoniied among ten persons of 
t ]! English nation. Sir J. Datiet, State of Ireland. 
cantonment (kan'ton- or kan-ton 'ment; in 
India, kau-ton'ment), n. [< F. caittonnemcnt, < 
1 2 
Cantoned Building. 
. Hotel de VUle. Arras. France. 
. College of the Saptenza, Home. 
Cantuarian 
cantonner, canton : sec mutual, r- ] j_ Apart 
or division of a town or village assigned to a 
particular regiment of troops; especially, in 
India, a permanent military station forming 
the nucleus of the European quarter of a city. 
Von find by degree* that an Indian station coiul*U of 
two part* : toe cantonmtnU of the Europeans, the native 
city and bazaar. 1C. //. Ruueli, Diary In India, I. 180. 
2. />/. The dwelling-places occupied by an 
army during any suspension of active opera- 
tions in the field ; the temporary shelter, other 
than that of tents, which an army may oc- 
casionally take, as when, during a season of 
excessive heat, the troops are distributed in 
villages, bouses, etc., but so as not to be widely 
scattered; military quarters; specifically, the 
winter quarters of an army. 
The troop* lay principally In eantunmrut* about the 
mouth of the Thames. Barham, Ingoldsby Legend*, L 88. 
cantoon (kan-ton'), n. A strong cotton cloth 
smooth on one side and corded on the other. 
See corded. 
cantor (kan'tor), n. [L., a singer, < canere, 
sing: see cant 2 , v.} Eccles., an officer whose 
duty is to lead the singing in a cathedral or in 
a collegiate or parish church ; a precentor. 
cantoral (kan te-ral), a. [< cantor + -aJ.] 
Relating or pertaining to a cantor or precentor: 
as, a cantoral staff. 
Cantores (kan-to'rez), n. pi. [L., pi. of can- 
tor, a singer, < canere, sing: see cant 2 , r.l In 
Blyth's classification (1849), the fourth order of 
birds, including the restricted I'aaterina, or the 
Passerinte of Cuvier divested of all their hetero- 
geneous elements : it was thus equivalent to the 
order Passeres of modern naturalists. See Can- 
ta tores, Oscines, and Passeres. 
cantoris (kan-to'ris), a. [L., gen. of cantor, a 
singer: see cantor.] Eccles., of or belonging to 
the cantor or precentor: as. the cantons side 
of the choir, the side on the left or north of one 
facing the altar: opposed to the decani side. 
Cantor's theorem. See theorem. 
cant-piece (kant'pes), n. In ship-building, one 
of the pieces of timber secured to the angles 
of fishes and sidetrees, to take the place of any 
piece that may prove deficient, ff'eale. 
cant-rail (kant'ral), n. 1. A triangular rail. 
Halliuell. [Prov. Eng.] 2. Afire-pole. Hal- 
liicell. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A timber running 
along the tops of the upright pieces in the sides 
of the body of a railway-carriage and supporting 
the roof and roof-sticks. [Eng.] Called in the 
United States a plate. Car-liuilder's Diet. 
cantraip, cantrap, n. See cantrip. 
cantred (kan'tred), n. [Also cantref, cantrev, 
kantry ; < ME. candrede (ML. cantredus, candre- 
'/.-. cantaredus), < W. cantref, a hundred (i. e., 
a district so called), < cant (= L. centum = E. 
hund-red) + tref, also tred, trc, a dwelling- 
place, homestead, town.] In Wales, a division 
of country; a hundred. 
The principal land measure [of Wales] was the erw, 
which seems to have contained about the same area as 
our English acre. Four erws constituted a tyddyn or ten* 
ement ; 12,800 erws formed the territorial division called 
a cymwd, and about double that number a cantrer. 
Edinburgh Rev., CLXV. 76. 
cantrip, cantrap (kan'trip, -trap), n. [So., 
also written cantraip; origin unknown. Ac- 
cording to one conjecture, < Icel. gandr, witch- 
craft, + trapp, tramping; according to another, 
< cant 2 , in sense of ' charm or incantation,' + 8c. 
raip = E. rope, a cord, and orig. meaning 'magic 
cord,' cords knotted in various ways figuring 
frequently in old spells or charms. CL con- 
traption.] 1. A charm; a spell; an incanta- 
tion. Ramsay. 
And by some deev'lish cantrip slight 
Each In it* cauld hand held a light 
Burnt, Tarn o' Shanter. 
2. A piece of mischief artfully or adroitly per- 
formed ; a trick. 
As Waverley passed him, . . . approaching hi* stirrup, 
he bade "Tak' heed the auld Whig played bun nae can- 
trip." Scott, Waverley, xxlx. 
cant-robin (kant'rob'in), n. The dwarf dog- 
rose. [Scotch.] 
Cant-spar (kant'spar), n. \iinl., a small pole 
or spar fit for making a small mast or yard, a 
boom, or the like. 
cant-timber (kant'tim'ber), n. In ship-build- 
ing, one of the timbers at the end of a ship 
which rise obliquely from the keel. The pair at 
the stem (called lnnr,hl-headt) form a bed for the recep- 
tion of the bowsprit, and incline forward, while the pair 
at the stern incline aft 
Cantuarian (kan-tu-a'ri-an), a. [< ML. Ca- 
tiuirius, Cniitiiarensis, of Canterbury, < AS. 
