CANOECa*noe", n.; pl. Canoes. Etym: [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canáoa.]
1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder. Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. Raleigh.
2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. Longfellow.
3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
CANOECa*noe", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canoed p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing (.]
Defn: To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
CANOEINGCa*noe"ing n.
Defn: The act or art of using a canoe.
CANOEISTCa*noe"ist, n.
Defn: A canoeman.
CANOEMANCa*noe"man, n.; pl. Canoemen.
Defn: One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing canoeman. Parkman.
CANONCan"on, n. Etym: [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon,LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L.canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. Cane, and cf.Canonical.]
1. A law or rule. Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self- slaughter. Shak.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority. Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. Hock.
3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.
4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
5. A catalogue of saints sckowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
7. (Mus.)
Defn: A musical composition in which the voice begin one after another, at regular intervals, succesively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.
8. (Print.)
Defn: The largest size of type having a specific name; — so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.
9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; — called also ear and shank.
Note: [See Illust. of Bell.] Knight.
10. (Billiards)
Defn: See Carom. Apostolical canons. See under Apostolical.— Augustinian canons, Black canons. See under Augustinian.— Canon capitular, Canon residentiary, a resident member of acathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year).— Canon law. See under Law.— Canon of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, followingthe Sanctus, which never changes.— Honorary canon, a canon who neither lived in a monastery, norkept the canonical hours.— Minor canon (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to achapter, but has not yet received a prebend.— Regular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventualcommunity and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black canon.— Secular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery,but kept the hours.
CANON; CANYON Ca*ñon", n. Etym: [Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. caña reed, fr. L. canna. See Cane.]
Defn: A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.]
CANON BITCan"on bit`. Etym: [F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule.]
Defn: That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
CANON BONECan"on bone`. Etym: [F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule. See canon.](Anat.)
Defn: The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.
CANONESSCan"on*ess, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. canonissa.]
Defn: A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. Regular canoness, one bound by the poverty, and observing a strict rule of life. — Secular canoness, one allowed to hold private property, and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter.
CANONIC; CANNONICAL Ca*non"ic, Can*non"ic*al, a Etym: [L. cannonicus, LL. canonicalis, fr. L. canon: cf. F. canonique. See canon.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a , canon or canons. "The oath of canonical obedience." Hallam. Canonical books, or Canonical Scriptures, those books which are declared by the canons of the church to be of divine inspiration; — called collectively the canon. The Roman Catolic Church holds as canonical several books which Protestants reject as apocryphal. — Canonical epistles, an appellation given to the epistles called also general or catholic. See Catholic epistles, under Canholic. — Canonical form (Math.), the simples or most symmetrical form to which all functions of the same class can be reduced without lose of generality. — Canonical hours, certain stated times of the day, fixed by ecclesiastical laws, and appropriated to the offices of prayer and devotion; also, certain portions of the Breviary, to be used at stated hours of the day. In England, this name is also given to the hours from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. (formerly 8 a. m. to 12 m.) before and after which marriage can not be legally performed in any parish church. — Canonical letters, letters of several kinds, formerly given by a dishop to traveling clergymam or laymen, to show that they were entitled to receive the cammunion, and to distinguish them from heretics. — Canonical life, the method or rule of living prescribed by the ancient cleargy who lived in community; a course of living prescribed for the clergy, less rigid that the monastic, and more restrained that the secular. — Canonical obedience, submission to the canons of a canons of a church, especially the submission of the inferior cleargy to their bishops, and of other religious orders to their supriors. — Canonical punishments, such as the church may inflict, as excommunication, degradation, penance, etc. — Canonical sins (Anc. Church.), those for which capital punishment or puplic penance decreed by the canon was inflicted, as idolatry, murder, adultery, heresy.
CANONICALLYCa*non"ic*al*ly, adv. In a canonical manner
Defn: ; according to the canons.
CANONICALNESSCa*non"ic*al*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being canonical; canonicity. Bp. Burnet.
CANONICALSCa*non"ic*als, n. pl.
Defn: The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when oficiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress. Full canonicals, the complete costume of an officiating clergyman or ecclesiastic.
CANONICATE Ca*non"i*cate, n. Etym: [LL. canonucatus canonical: cf. F. canonicat.]
Defn: The office of a canon; a canonry.
CANONICITYCan`on*ic"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. canonicité.]
Defn: The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.
CANONISTCan"on*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. canoniste.]
Defn: A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law. South.
CANONISTICCan`on*is"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a canonist. "This canonistic exposition."Milton.
CANONIZATIONCan`on*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [F. canonisation.]
1. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation. Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century. Hoock.
2. The state of being canonized or sainted.
CANONIZECan"on*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canonized; p. pr. & vb. n.Canonizing.] Etym: [F. canoniser or LL. canonizare, fr. L. canon..See Canon.]
1. (Eccl.)
Defn: To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.
2. To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor. Fame in time to come canonize us. Shak.
2. To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.[R.]
CANONRYCan"on*ry, n. pl. Canonries (.
Defn: A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.
CANONSHIPCan"on*ship, a.
Defn: Of pertaining to Canopus in egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.
CANOPUSCa*no"pus, n. Etym: [L. Canopus, fr. Gr. (Astron.)
Defn: A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellationArgo.
CANOPY Can"o*py, n.; pl. Canopies. Etym: [Oe. canopie, F. canopésofa, Of canopée, canopeu, canopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canepècanopy, sofa), LL. canopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. Cone, and Optic.]
1. A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. "Golden canoniec and beds of state." Dryden.
2. (Arch.) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a roofike covering, supported on pilars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
CANOPYCan"o*py, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canopes; p. pr. & vb. n. Canopying.]
Defn: To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy canopied." Milton.
CANOROUS Ca*no"rous, a. Etym: [L. canorus, from nor melody, fr. canere to sing.]
Defn: Melodious; musical. "Birds that are most canorous." Sir T.Browne.A long, lound, and canorous peal of laughter. De Quincey.
CANOROUSNESSCa*no"rous*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being musical.He chooses his language for its rich canorousness. Lowell.
CANSTICKCan"stick`, n.
Defn: Candlestick. [Obs.] Shak.
CANT Cant, n. Etym: [OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Cf. Canthus, Canton, Cantle.]
1. A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.] The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant. B. Jonson.
2. An outer or external angle.
3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. Totten.
4. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.
5. (Coopering)
Defn: A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight.
6. (Mech.)
Defn: A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. Knight.
7. (Naut.)
Defn: A piece of wood laid upon athe deck of a vessel to support the bulkneads. Cant frames, Cant timbers (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.
CANTCant, v. t. [imp & p. p. Canted; p. pr. & vb. N. Canting.]
1. To incline; to set at an angle; to titl over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
CANT Cant, n. Etym: [Prob. from OF. cant, F. chant, singing, in allusion to the singing or whining tine of voice used by beggars, fr. L. cantus. See Chant.]
1. An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
2. The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation. Goldsmith. The cant of any profession. Dryden.
3. The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy. They shall hear no cant fromF. W. Robertson
4. Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves. tramps, or beggars.
CANTCant, a.
Defn: Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar. To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language. Swift.
CANTCant, v. i.
1. To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, sinsong tone.
2. To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic. The rankest rogue that ever canted. Beau. & Fl.
3. To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical termes; to talk with an affectation of learning. The doctor here, When he discqurseth of dissection, Of vena cava and of vena porta, The meseræum and the mesentericum, What does he else but cant. B. Jonson That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting hanguage, if I may so call it. Bp. Sanderson.
CANT Cant, n. Etym: [Prob. from OF. cant, equiv. to L. quantum; cf. F. encan, fr. L. in quantum, i.e. "for how much"]
Defn: A all for bidders at a public sale; an auction. "To sell their leases by cant." Swift.
CANTCant, v. t.
Defn: to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.[Archaic] Swift.
CAN'TCan't.
Defn: A colloquial contraction for can not.
CANTABCan"tab, n. Etym: [Abbreviated from Cantabrigian.]
Defn: A Cantabrigian. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
CANTABILECan*ta"bi*le, a. Etym: [It., cantare to sing.] (Mus.)
Defn: In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando.
CANTABILECan*ta"bi*le, n. (Mus.)
Defn: A piece or pessage, whether vocal or instrumental, pecuilarly adapted to singing; — sometimes called cantilena.
CANTABRIANCan*ta"bri*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.
CANTABRIGIANCan`ta*brig"i*an, n.
Defn: A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.
CANTALEVER Can"ta*lev`er, n. Etym: [Can an extermal angle + lever a supported of the roof timber of a house.] Etym: [Written also cantaliver and cantilever.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.
2. (Engin.)
Defn: A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs. Cantalever bridge, a bridge in which the principle of the cantalever is applied. It is usually a trussed bridge, composed of two portions reaching out from opposite banks, and supported near the middle of their own length on piers which they overhang, thus forming cantalevers which meet over the space to be spanned or sustain a third portion, to complete the connection.
CANTALOUPE Can"ta*loupe, n. Etym: [F. cantaloup, It. cantalupo, so called from the caste of Cantalupo, in the Marca d'Ancona, in Italy, where they were first grown in Europe, from seed said to have been imported from Armenia.]
Defn: A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [Written also cantaleup.]
CANTANKEROUSCan*tan"ker*ous, a.
Defn: Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] —Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv.— Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.The cantankerous old maiden aunt. Theckeray.
CANTAR; CANTARRO Can"tar, Can*tar"ro, n. Etym: [It. cantaro (in sense 1), Sp. cantaro (in sense 2).]
1. A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.
2. A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons. Simmonds.
CANTATA Can*ta"ta, n. Etym: [It., fr. cantare to sing, fr. L. cantare intens of canere to sing.] (Mus.)
Defn: A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.
CANTATIONCan*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. cantatio.]
Defn: A singing. [Obs.] Blount.
CANTATORYCant"a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Caontaining cant or affectation; whining; singing. [R.]
CANTATRICECan`ta*tri"ce, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: A female professional singer.
CANTEDCant"ed, a. Etym: [From 2d Cant.]
1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window. Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.
2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
CANTEEN Can*teen", n. Etym: [F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, fr. OF. cant. corner, It. & Sp. canto. See 1st Cant.] (Mil.)
1. A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [Written also cantine..]
Note: In the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask.
2. The sulter's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.
CANTELCan"tel, n.
Defn: See Cantle.
CANTER Can"ter, n. Etym: [An abbreviation of Caner bury. See Canterbury gallop, under Canterbury.]
1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding.
Note: The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit, which compels him to throw a great part of his weight on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in the mode adopted by different horses for performing the canter, that no single description will suffice, nor indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them. J. H. Walsh.
2. A rapid or easy passing over. A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics. Sir J. Stephen.
CANTERCan"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantering.]
Defn: To move in a canter.
CANTERCan"ter, v. t.
Defn: To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
CANTERCant"er, n.
1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language. The day when he was a canter and a rebel. Macaulay.
CANTERBURYCan"ter*bur*y, n.
1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.
2. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc. Canterbury ball (Bot.), a species of Campanula of several varietes, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped flowers. — Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by pilgrims riding, to Canterbury; a canter. — Canterbury table, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers pass away the time.
CANTHARIDALCan*thar"*i*dal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.
CANTHARIDESCan*thar"i*des, n. pl.
Defn: See cantharis.
CANTHARIDINCan*thar"i*din, n. (Chem.)
Defn: The active principe of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.
CANTHARIS Can"tha*ris, n.; pl. Cantharides. Etym: [L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A beetle (Lytta, or Cantharis, vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; — also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.
CANT HOOKCant" hook`.
Defn: A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; — used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc. [U. S.] Bartlett.
CANTHOPLASTYCan"tho*plas`ty, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.
CANTHUSCan"thus, n.; pl. Canthi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.
CANTICLECan"ti*cle, n.; pl. Canticles. Etym: [L. canticulum a little song,dim. of canticum song, fr. cantus a singing, fr. coner to sing. SeeChant.]
1. A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. pl.
Defn: The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of theOld Testament.
3. A canto or division of a poem [Obs.] Spenser.
4. A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.
CANTICOYCan"ti*coy, n. Etym: [Of American Indian origin.]
Defn: A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.
CANTILECan"tile, v. i.
Defn: Same as Cantle, v. t.
CANTILENACan`ti*le"na, n. Etym: [It. & L.] (Mus.)
Defn: See Cantabile.
CANTILEVERCan"ti*lev`er, n.
Defn: Same as Cantalever.
CANTILLATE Can"til*late, v. i. Etym: [L. cantillatus, p. p. of cantillare to sing low, dim. of cantare. See Cantata.]
Defn: To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart.
CANTILLATIONCan`til*la"tion, n.
Defn: A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.
CANTINECan*tine", n.
Defn: See Canteen.
CANTINGCant"ing, a.
Defn: Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. - Cant"ing*ly, adv. — Cant"ing*ness, n. Canting arms, Canting heraldry (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.
CANTINGCant"ing, n.
Defn: The use of cant; hypocrisy.
CANTINIERECan`ti*niere", n. Etym: [F., fr. cantine a sutler's shop, canteen.](Mil)
Defn: A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière.
CANTIONCan"tion, n. Etym: [L. cantio, from canere to sing.]
Defn: A song or verses. [Obs.] Spenser.
CANTLE Can"tle, n. Etym: [OF. cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece, F. chanteau a piece cut from a larger piece, dim. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.]
1. A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part. "In one cantle of his law." Milton. Cuts me from the best of all my land A huge half moon, a monstrous cantle out. Shak.
2. The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel. [Written also cante.]
CANTLECan"tle, v. t.
Defn: To cut in pieces; to cut out from. [Obs.] [Written also cantile.]
CANTLETCant"let, n. Etym: [Dim. of cantle.]
Defn: A piece; a fragment; a corner. Dryden.
CANTO Can"to, n.; pl. Cantos. Etym: [It. canto, fr. L. cantus singing, song. See Chant.]
1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano. Canto fermo ( Etym: [It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song.
CANTONCan"ton, n.
Defn: A song or canto [Obs.]Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak.
CANTONCan"ton, n. Etym: [F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1stCant.]
1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the "English pale" Davies. 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.
2. A small community or clan.
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.
4. (Her.)
Defn: 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. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn.
CANTONCan"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.]Etym: [Cf. F.cantonner.]
1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. Locke.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
CANTONALCan"ton*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.
CANTON CRAPECan"ton crape".
Defn: 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.
CANTONEDCan"toned, a.
1. (Her.)
Defn: Having a charge in each of the four corners; — said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.
CANTON FLANNELCan"ton flan"nel.
Defn: See Cotton flannel.
CANTONIZECan"ton*ize, v. i.
Defn: To divide into cantons or small districts.
CANTONMENTCan"ton*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cantonnement.]
Defn: 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.
Note: 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.
CANTOONCan*toon", n.
Defn: A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
CANTORCan"tor, n. Etym: [L., a singer, fr. caner to sing.]
Defn: A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman.
CANTORALCan"tor*al, a.
Defn: Of or belonging to a cantor. Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.
CANTORISCan*to"ris, a. Etym: [L., lit., of the cantor, gen. of cantor.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall. Shipley.
CANTRAP; CANTRIP Can"trap, Can"trip, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. gandar, ODan. & OSw. gan, witchcraft, and E. trap a snare, tramp.]
Defn: A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief.[Written also cantraip.] [Scot.]
CANTRED; CANTREF Can"tred, Can"tref, n. Etym: [W. cantref; cant hundred + tref dwelling place, village.]
Defn: A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales. [Written also kantry.]
CANTYCan"ty, a.
Defn: Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry. "The canty dame."Wordsworth [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]Contented with little, and canty with mair. Burns.
CANUCKCa*nuck", n.
1. A Canadian. [Slang]
2. A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada. [Colloq.]
CANULA; CANULAR; CANULATEDCan"u*la, n., Can"u*lar, a., Can"u*la`ted, a.
Defn: See Cannula, Cannular, and Cannulated.
CANVAS Can"vas, n. Etym: [OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL. canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. Hemp.]
1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; — used for tents, sails, etc. By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led. Tennyson.
2. (a) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work. (b) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. J. H. Newman.
3. Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas. To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see. Goldsmith. Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. Macaulay.
4. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. Grabb.
CANVASCan"vas, a.
Defn: Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.
CANVASBACKCan"vas*back`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; — so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.
CANVASSCan"vass, v. t. [imp. & p. p. canvassed; p. pr. & vb. n. Canvassing.]Etym: [OF. Canabasser to examine curiously, to search or sift out;properly, to sift through canvas. See Canvas, n.]
1. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence. Woodward.
2. To examine by discussion; to debate. An opinion that we are likely soon to canvass. Sir W. Hamilton.
3. To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.
CANVASSCan"vass, v. i.
Defn: To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; — commonly followed by for.
CANVASSCan"vass, n.
1. Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes. Bacon.
2. Examination in the way of discussion or debate.
3. Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc. No previous canvass was made for me. Burke.
CANVASSERCan"vass*er, n.
Defn: One who canvasses.
CANYCan"y, a. Etym: [From Cane.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes.Milton.
CANYONCan"yon, n.
Defn: The English form of the Spanish word Cañon.
CANZONE Can*zo"ne, n. Etym: [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 not strictly, the madrigal. (b) An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.
CANZONETCan`zo*net", n. Etym: [It. canzonetta, dim. of canzone.] (Mus.)
Defn: A short song, in one or more parts.
CAONCITOCañ`on*ci"to, n. [Amer. Sp. dim. See Cañon.] [Southwestern U. S.]
1. A small cañon.
2. A narrow passage or lane through chaparral or a forest.
CAOUTCHINCaout"chin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
CAOUTCHOUCCaout"chouc, n. Etym: [F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.]
Defn: A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization. Mineral caoutchouc. See under Mineral.
CAOUTCHOUCINCaout"chou*cin, n.
Defn: See Caoutchin.
CAP Cap, n. Etym: [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 hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." See 3d Cape, and cf. 1st Cope.]
1. A covering for the head; esp. (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief. Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. Shak.
3. A respectful uncovering of the head. He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. Fuller.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. (d) A percussion cap. See under Percussion. (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box. (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; — now called an apron. — Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively. — Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty. — Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities. — Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. — Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolsap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities. Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material. — Flat cap, cap See Foolscap. — Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier. — Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or "narrow edge." — To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) Chaucer. — To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
CAPCap, 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 cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun. The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. Derham.
2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.] Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. Thackeray.
5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. Shak. Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. Dryden.
Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.
CAPCap, v. i.
Defn: To uncover the head respectfully. Shak.
CAPABILITYCa`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 a subject. H. Taylor.
2. Capacity of being used or improved.
CAPABLE Ca"pa*ble, a. Etym: [F. capable, LL. capabilis capacious, capable, fr. L. caper to take, contain. See Heave.]
1. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior.
2. Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations. More capable to discourse of battles than to give them. Motley.
3. Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.
4. Capacious; large; comprehensive. [Obs.] Shak.
Note: Capable is usually followed by of, sometimes by an infinitive.
Syn. — Able; competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; skillful.
CAPABLENESSCa"pa*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.
CAPACIFY Ca*pac"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capacified.] Etym: [L. capax, -acis, capacious + -fy.]
Defn: To quality. [R.]The benefice he is capacified and designed for. Barrow.
CAPACIOUSCa*pa"cious, a. Etym: [L. capaz, -acis, fr. capere to take. SeeHeave.]
1. Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor. In the capacious recesses of his mind. Bancroft.
2. Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal. "A capacious mind." Watts.
CAPACIOUSLYCa*pa"cious*ly, adv.
Defn: In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively.
CAPACIOUSNESSCa*pa"cious*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.
CAPACITATECa*pac"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capacitated; p. pr. & vb. n.Capacitating.]
Defn: To render capable; to enable; to qualify.By thih instruction we may be capaciated to observe those errors.Dryden.
CAPACITY Ca*pac"i*ty, n.; pl. Capacities Etym: [L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacité. See Capacious.]
1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; — used in reference to physical things. Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak. The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. Boyle.
2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling. Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere passive operations of the mind]; its primary signification, which is literally room for, as well as its employment, favars this; although it can not be dented that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. Sir W. Hamilton.
3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing. The capacity of blessing the people. Alex. Hamilton. A cause with such capacities endued. Blackmore.
4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.
5. (Law)
Defn: Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency. Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, whzt is called their capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.
Syn. — Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency; cleverness. See Ability.
CAPAPECap`*a*pe", adv.
Defn: See Cap-a-pie. Shak.
CAPAPIE Cap`*a*pie", adv. Etym: [OF. (cap-a-pie, from head to foot, now de pied en cap from foot to head; L. per foot + caput head.]
Defn: From head to foot; at all points. "He was armed cap-a-pie."Prescott.
CAPARISON Ca*par"i*son, n. Etym: [F. capara, 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.]
1. An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative. Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen.
2. Gay or rich clothing. My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett.
CAPARISONCa*par"i*son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caparisoned p. pr. & vb. n.Caparisoning.] Etym: [Cf. F caparaçonner.]
1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse. The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand. Dryden.
2. To aborn with rich dress; to dress. I am caparisoned like a man. Shak.
CAPARROCa*par"ro, n. Etym: [Native Indian name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.
CAPCASECap"case`, n.
Defn: A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.A capcase for your linen and your plate. Beau. & Fl.
CAPE Cape, n. Etym: [F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr. L. caput heat, end, point. See Chief.]
Defn: A piece or point of land, extending beyind the adjacent coastinto the sea or a lake; a promonotory; a headland. Cape buffalo(Zoöl.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (BubalusCaffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa.See Buffalo, 2.— Cape jasmine, Cape jassamine. See Jasmine.— Cape pigeon (Zoöl.), a petrel (Daptium Capense) common off theCape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon.— Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] — The Cape, the Capeof Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa.Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod.
CAPECape, v. i. (Naut.)
Defn: To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.
CAPE Cape, n. Etym: [OE. Cape, fr. F. cape; cf. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. 1st Cope, Chape.]
Defn: A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak.
CAPECape, v. i. Etym: [See Gape.]
Defn: To gape. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CAPEL; CAPLECa"pel, Ca"ple, n. Etym: [Icel. kapall; cf. L. caballus.]
Defn: A horse; a nag. [Obs.] Chaucer. Holland.
CAPELCa"pel, n. (Mining)
Defn: A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornlende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
CAPELANCap"e*lan, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Capelin.
CAPELINCape"lin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the familySalmonidæ, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland,Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Writtenalso capelan and caplin.]
Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. Fisheries of U. S. (1884).
CAPELINECa"pe*line`, n. [F., fr. LL. capella. See Chapel.] (Med.)
Defn: A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.
CAPELLACa*pel"la, n. Etym: [L., a little goet, dim. of caper a goat.](Asrton.)
Defn: A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.
CAPELLANECap"el*lane, n. Etym: [See Chaplain.]
Defn: The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. [Obs.] Fuller.
CAPELLECa*pel"le, n. Etym: [G.] (Mus.)
Defn: The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.
CAPELLETCap"el*let, n. Etym: [F. capelet.] (Far.)
Defn: A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying dowm.
CAPELLMEISTER Ca*pell"meis`ter, n. Etym: [G., fr. capelle chapel, private band of a prince + meister a master.]
Defn: The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choirmaster.[Written also kepellmeister.]
CAPERCa"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Capered p. pr. & vb. n. capering.] Etym:[From older capreoll to caper, cf. F. se cabrer to prance; allultimately fr. L. caper, capra, goat. See Capriole.]
Defn: To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth. Shak.
CAPERCa"per, n.
Defn: A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank. To cut a caper, to frolic; to make a sportive spring; to play a prank. Shak.
CAPERCa"per, n. Etym: [D. kaper.]
Defn: A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer. Wright.
CAPERCa"per, n. Etym: [F. câpre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. al-kabar.]
1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Capparis; — called also caper bush, caper tree.
Note: The Capparis spinosa is a low prickly shrub of the Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and brilliant flowers; - - cultivated in the south of Europe for its buds. The C. sodada is an almost leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan), Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries. Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary. — Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.
CAPERBERRYCa"per*ber`ry, n.
1. The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.
2. The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).
CAPER BUSH; CAPER TREECa"per bush`, Ca"per tree`.
Defn: See Capper, a plant, 2.
CAPERCAILZIE; CAPERCALLYCa"per*cail`zie, or Ca"per*cal`ly, n. Etym: [Gael, capulcoile.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; — called also cock of the woods. [Written also capercaillie, capercaili.]
CAPERCLAWCa"per*claw`, v. t.
Defn: To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse. [Obs.] Birch.
CAPERERCa"per*er, n.
Defn: One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.The nimble capperer on the cord. Dryden.
CAPFULCap"ful, n.; pl. Capfuls (.
Defn: As much as will fill a cap. A capful of wind (Naut.), a light puff of wind.
CAPIASCa"pi*as, n. Etym: [L. thou mayst take.] (Low)
Defn: A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; — also called writ of capias.
Note: One principal kind of capias is a writ by which actions at law are frequently commenced; another is a writ of execution issued after judgment to satisfy damages recovered; a capias in criminal law is the process to take a person charged on an indictment, when he is not in custody. Burrill. Wharton.
CAPIBARACa`pi*ba"ra, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Capybara.
CAPILLACEOUSCap`il*la"ceous, a. Etym: [L. capillaceus hairy, fr. capillus hair.]
Defn: Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. SeeCapillary.
CAPILLAIRE Cap`il*laire", n. Etym: [F. capillaire maiden-hair; sirop de capillaire capillaire; fr. L. herba capillaris the maidenhair.]
1. A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.
2. Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.
CAPILLAMENT Ca*pil"la*ment, n. Etym: [L. capillamentum, fr. capillus hair: cf. F. capillament.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A filament. [R.]
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.
CAPILLARINESSCap"il*la*ri*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being capillary.
CAPILLARITYCap`il*lar"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. capillarité.]
1. The quality or condition of being capillary.
2. (Physics)
Defn: The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.
Note: Capillarity depends upon the relative attaction of the modecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid, and is especially observable in capillary tubes, where it determines the ascent or descent of the liquid above or below the level of the liquid which the tube is dipped; — hence the name.
CAPILLARYCap"il*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf.Capillaire.]
1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a soild and liquid caused bycapillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction. — Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity.
CAPILLARYCap"il*la*ry, n.; pl., Capillaries (.
1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.
CAPILLATIONCap`il*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. capillatie the hair.]
Defn: A capillary blood vessel. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
CAPILLATURECa*pil"la*ture, n. Etym: [L. capillatura.]
Defn: A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. Clarke.
CAPILLIFORMCa*pil"li*form, a. Etym: [L. capillus hair + -form.]
Defn: In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.
CAPILLOSECap"il*lose`, a. Etym: [L. capillosus.]
Defn: Having much hair; hairy. [R.]
CAPISTRATECa*pis"trate, a. Etym: [L. capistratus, p. p. of capistrare halter.](Zoöl.)
Defn: Hooded; cowled.
CAPITAL Cap"i*tal, a. Etym: [F. capital, L. capitalis capital (in senses 1 & 2), fr. caput head. See Chief, and cf. Capital, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to the head. [Obs.] Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal pain. Milton.
2. Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment. Many crimes that are capital among us. Swift. To put to death a capital offender. Milton.
3. First in importance; chief; principal. A capital article in religion Atterbury. Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity. I. Taylor.
4. Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.
5. Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song. [Colloq.]
Capital letter Etym: [F, lettre capitale] (Print.), a leading or heading letter, used at the beginning of a sentence and as the first letter of certain words, distinguished, for the most part, both by different form and larger size, from the small (lower-case) letters, which form the greater part of common print or writing. — Small capital letters have the form of capital letters and height of the body of the lower-case letters. — Capital stock, money, property, or stock invested in any business, or the enterprise of any corporation or institution. Abbott.
Syn.— Chief; leading; controlling; prominent.
CAPITAL Cap"i*tal, n. Etym: [Cf. L. capitellum and Capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See Chief, and cf. Cattle, Chattel, Chapiter, Chapter.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.
2. Etym: [Cf. F. capilate, fem., sc. ville.] (Geog.)
Defn: The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis. "A busy and splendid capital" Macauly.
3. Etym: [Cf. F. capital.]
Defn: Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.
4. (Polit. Econ.)
Defn: That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production. M'Culloch.
Note: When wealth is used to assist production it is called capital. The capital of a civilized community includes fixed capital (i.e. buildings, machines, and roads used in the course of production and exchange) amd circulating capital (i.e., food, fuel, money, etc., spent in the course of production and exchange). T. Raleing.
5. Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence. He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture. London Times.
6. (Fort.)
Defn: An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
7. A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.] Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital. Sir W. Scott.
8. (Print.)
Defn: See Capital letter, under Capital, a. Active capital. See underActive, — Small capital (Print.), a small capital letter. See underCapital, a.— To live on one's capital, to consume one's capital withoutproducing or accumulating anything to replace it.
CAPITALISTCap"i*tal*ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. capitaliste.]
Defn: One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or moneyinvested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed inbusiness.The expenditure of the capitalist. Burke.