Webster's Dictionary 1913

973

Capitular

Ca‐pit″u‐lar (?), n. [LL. capitulare, capitularium, fr. L. capitulum a small head, a chapter, dim. of capit head, chapter.] 1. An act passed in a chapter.2. A member of a chapte...

974

Capitular (2)

Ca‐pit″u‐lar (?), a. 1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.From the pope to the member of the capitular body.Milman.2. (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capi...

975

Capitularly

Ca‐pit″u‐lar‐ly (?), adv. In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. Sterne.

976

Capitulary

Ca‐pit″u‐la‐ry (?), n.; pl.Capitularies (#). [See Capitular.] 1. A capitular.2. The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.3. A collection of law...

977

Capitulary (2)

Ca‐pit″u‐la‐ry (?), a. Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular. “Capitulary acts.” Warton.

978

Capitulate

Ca‐pit″u‐late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Capitulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Capitulating.] [LL. capitulatus, p. p. of capitulare to capitulate: cf. F. capituler. See Capitular, n.] 1. To ...

979

Capitulate (2)

Ca‐pit″u‐late, v. t. To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.

980

Capitulation

Ca‐pit′u‐la″tion (kȧ‐pĭt′ū̍‐lā″shŭn), n. [Cf. F. capitulation, LL. capitulatio.] 1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.With special capitulation that neither th...

981

Capitulator

Ca‐pit″u‐la′tor (–tẽr), n. One who capitulates.

982

Capitule

Cap″i‐tule (kăp″ĭ‐tūl), n. [L. capitulum small head, chapter.] A summary.

983

Capitulum

‖Ca‐pit″u‐lum (kȧ‐pĭt″ū̍‐lŭm), n.; pl.Capitula (–lȧ). 1. A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be ei...

984

Capivi

Ca‐pi″vi (?), n. [Cf. Copaiba.] A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.

985

Caple (2)

Ca″ple (?), n. See Capel.

986

Caplin

Cap″lin (?), n. See Capelin.

987

Caplin (2)

{ Cap″lin (?), Cap″ling (?), } n. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. Wright.

988

Capnomancy

Cap″no‐man′cy (?), n. [Gr. καπνόσ smoke + mancy: cf. F. capnomancie.] Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.

989

Capnomor

Cap″no‐mor (?), n. [Gr. καπνόσ smoke + μόρα, equiv. to μοι̑ρα part.] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar. Watts.

990

Capo tasto

‖Ca″po tas″to (?). [It. capotasto.] (Music) A sort of bar or movable nut, attached to the finger board of a guitar or other fretted instrument for the purpose of raising uniform...

991

Capoc

‖Ca‐poc″ (?), n. [Malay kāpoq.] A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.

992

Capoch

Ca‐poch″ (?), n.; pl.Capoches (#). [Cf. Sp. capucho, It. cappucio, F. Capuce, capuchon, LL. caputium, fr. capa cloak. See Cap.] A hood; especially, the hood attached to the gown...

993

Capoch (2)

Ca‐poch″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Capoched (?).] To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind. Hudibras.

994

Capon

Ca″pon (kā″p'n or kā″pŭn; 277), n. [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. capūn (cf. F. chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. κάπων akin to κόπτειν to cut, OSlav. skopiti to castrate. Cf. Comma.] A castr...

995

Capon (2)

Ca″pon, v. t. To castrate; to make a capon of.

996

Caponet

Ca″pon‐et (?), n. A young capon. Chapman.

997

Caponiere

Cap′o‐niere″ (?), n. [F. caponnière, fr. Sp. caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon.] (Fort.) A work made across o...

998

Caponize

Ca″pon‐ize (?), v. t. To castrate, as a fowl.

999

Caporal

‖Ca′po‐ral″ (kä′pō̍‐räl″), n. [Sp. See Corporal, n.] One who directs work; an overseer.