Canton: Definition and part of speech

Canton

n. 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.
n. A song or canto
n. A small portion; a division; a compartment.
n. A small community or clan.
n. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

imp. & p. p. of Canton
a. Having a charge in each of the four corners; — said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

n. A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color.

n. A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons.
n. A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.

n. A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.