incantoning

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ canton +‎ -ing.

Noun

incantoning (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) union or division into cantons.
    • 1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 517:
      fearing the Proteſtant Intereſt might receive by it too great a Strengthening, propos'd at the ſame time the Incantoning of Conſtance, as a Counterpoiſe

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