‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to name instead; &unr_; + &unr_; to name, &unr_; name. ] (Rhet.) The use of some epithet or the name of some office, dignity, or the like, instead of the proper name of the person; as when his majesty is used for a king, or when, instead of Aristotle, we say, the philosopher; or, conversely, the use of a proper name instead of an appellative, as when a wise man is called a Solomon, or an eminent orator a Cicero. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, antonomasia. -- An`to*no*mas"tic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Antonomasia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a word used in substitution for another; &unr_; + &unr_;, &unr_;, a word. ] A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as a correlative of synonym. [ R. ] C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A song or canto [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant. ] 1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. [ 1913 Webster ]

That little canton of land called the “English pale” Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small community or clan. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

a. Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Her.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Cotton flannel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To divide into cantons or small districts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cantonnement. ] A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the houses of the people during any suspension of hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or military towns, are termed cantonments. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. patin. See Patten. ] (Far.) A horseshoe to correct a narrow, hoofbound heel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. santon, augmented fr. santo holy, L. sanctus. ] A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of santonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. herba santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. santonine. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of santoninic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref. wan- wanting (see Wane, v. i.), hence expressing negation + towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of teón to draw, to educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See Tug, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. “In woods and wanton wilderness.” Spenser. “A wild and wanton herd.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A wanton and a merry [ friar ]. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ She ] her unadorned golden tresses wore
Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise! Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. “Men grown wanton by prosperity.” Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not with wanton looking of folly. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Thou art ] froward by nature, enemy to peace,
Lascivious, wanton. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am afeard you make a wanton of me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Peace, my wantons; he will do
More than you can aim unto. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anything, sir,
That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Wantoned p. pr. & vb. n. Wantoning. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature here wantoned as in her prime. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

How merrily we would sally into the fields, and strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton like young dace in the streams! Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To behave wantonly; to frolic; to wanton. [ R. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unintentionally; accidentally. [ Obs. ] J. Dee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Young gentlemen would be as sad as night
Only for wantonness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]