Webster's Dictionary 1913

892

Canvasser

Can″vass‐er (?), n. One who canvasses.

893

Cany

Can″y (?), a. [From Cane.] Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes. Milton.

894

Canyon

Can″yon (?), n. The English form of the Spanish word Cañon.

895

Canzone

‖Can‐zo″ne (?), n. [It., a song, fr. L. cantio, fr. canere to sing. Cf. Chanson, Chant.] (Mus.) (a) A song or air for one or more voices, of Provençal origin, resembling, though...

896

Canzonet

Can′zo‐net″ (?), n. [It. canzonetta, dim. of canzone.] (Mus.) A short song, in one or more parts.

897

Caoutchin

Caout″chin (?), n.(Chem.) An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

898

Caoutchouc

Caout″chouc (?), n. [F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America ...

899

Caoutchoucin

Caout″chou‐cin (?), n. See Caoutchin.

900

Cap

Cap (kăp), n. [OE. cappe, AS. cæppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: “Capa, quia quasi totum capiat ho...

901

Cap (2)

Cap (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Capped (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Capping.] 1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a...

902

Cap (3)

Cap, v. i. To uncover the head respectfully. Shak.

903

Capability

Ca′pa‐bil″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Capabilities (#). 1. The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.A capability to take a thousand views of ...

904

Capable

Ca″pa‐ble (?), a. [F. capable, LL. capabilis capacious, capable, fr. L. caper to take, contain. See Heave.] 1. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capac...

905

Capableness

Ca″pa‐ble‐ness, n. The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

906

Capacify

Ca‐pac″i‐fy (kȧ‐păs″ĭ‐fī), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Capacified (–fīd).] [L. capax, -acis, capacious + -fy.] To quality.The benefice he is capacified and designed for.Barrow.

907

Capacious

Ca‐pa″cious (kȧ‐pā″shŭs), a. [L. capax, -acis, fr. capere to take. See Heave.] 1. Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious...

908

Capaciously

Ca‐pa″cious‐ly, adv. In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively.

909

Capaciousness

Ca‐pa″cious‐ness, n. The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.

910

Capacitate

Ca‐pac″i‐tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Capacitated; p. pr. & vb. n.Capacitating.] To render capable; to enable; to qualify.By this instruction we may be capaciated to observe tho...

911

Capacity

Ca‐pac″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Capacities (–tĭz). [L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacité. See Capacious.] 1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; ...

912

Capape

Cap′‐a‐pe″ (?), adv. See Cap-a-pie. Shak.

913

Capapie

‖Cap′‐a‐pie″ (?), adv. [OF. (�) cap-a-pie, from head to foot, now de pied en cap from foot to head; L. pes foot + caput head.] From head to foot; at all points. “He was armed ca...

914

Caparison

Ca‐par″i‐son (?), n. [F. caparaçon, fr. Sp. caparazon a cover for a saddle, coach, etc.; capa cloak, cover (fr. LL. capa, cf. LL. caparo also fr. capa) + the term. azon. See Cap...

915

Caparison (2)

Ca‐par″i‐son, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Caparisoned (?) p. pr. & vb. n.Caparisoning.] [Cf. F caparaçonner.]1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative ...

916

Caparro

‖Ca‐par″ro (?), n.(Zoöl.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.

917

Capcase

Cap″case′ (?), n. A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.A capcase for your linen and your plate.Beau. & Fl.

918

Cape

Cape (kāp), n. [F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr. L. caput heat, end, point. See Chief.] A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake;...