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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Can·ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.]
 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.