Canton \Can"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cantoning}.] [Cf. F.cantonner.]
1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or
separate, as a distinct portion or division.
[1913 Webster]
They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the
intellectual world. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different
parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
[1913 Webster]