Part 39

CANOPY, kan'o-pi, _n._ a covering over a throne or bed: a covering of state stretched over the head: any covering, as the sky: a roof-like projection over a niche, tomb, statue, &c.: the wooden covering over prebends' stalls in cathedrals, pulpits, altars, &c.--_v.t._ to cover with a canopy:--_pr.p._ can'opying; _pa.p._ can'opied. [Fr. _canap['e]_--Low L. _canopeum_--Gr. _k[=o]n[=o]peion_, a mosquito curtain--_k[=o]n[=o]ps_, a mosquito.]

CANOROUS, kan-[=o]'rus, _adj._ musical: melodious.--_adv._ CAN[=O]'ROUSLY.--_n._ CAN[=O]'ROUSNESS. [L. _canorus_, from _canor_, melody--_can[)e]re_, to sing.]

CANSTICK, kan'stik, _n._ (_Shak._) a candlestick.

CANT, kant, _v.i._ to speak in a conventional manner: to use the language of thieves, &c.: to talk in an affectedly solemn or hypocritical way.--_n._ a hypocritical or affected style of speech: the language peculiar to a sect: odd or peculiar talk of any kind: _slang_: a common saying: affected use of religious phrases or sentiments.--_n._ CANT'ER, one who cants, a beggar: one who makes hypocritical professions.--_adj._ CANT'ING, whining, pretending to piety: (_her._) allusive (see ALLUSIVE). [L. c_ant[=a]re_, freq. of _can[)e]re_, to sing.]

CANT, kant, _n._ an inclination from the level: a toss or jerk: a sloping or tilted position: one of the segments forming a side-piece in the head of a cask: a ship's timber lying obliquely to the line of the keel.--_v.t._ to turn on the edge or corner: to tilt or toss suddenly.--_ns._ CANT'ING, tilting; CANT'ING-COIN; CANT'ING-WHEEL; CANT'-RAIL, a timber running along the tops of the upright pieces in the sides of the body of a railway-carriage and supporting the roof and roof-sticks. [Prob. conn. with Dut. _kant_; Ger. _kante_, corner.]

CANT, kant, _n._ sale by auction.--_v.t._ to sell by auction. [O. Fr. _encant_, auction; der. uncertain, cf. Low L. _incant[=a]re_, to put up to auction.]

CANT, kant, _adj._ brisk: lively. [Scot.; der. unknown. See CANTY.]

CAN'T, k[:a]nt, a colloquial contraction for CANNOT.

CANTAB, kan'tab, for CANTABRIGIAN, _adj._ of or pertaining to Cambridge--Latinised _Cantabrigia_.

CANTABANK, kan'ta-bangk, _n._ a strolling singer. [It. _cantambanco_.]

CANTALOUP, kan'ta-loop, _n._ a small, ribbed variety of musk-melon. [Fr.,--It. _Cantalupo_, a town near Rome, where it was first grown in Europe.]

CANTANKEROUS, kan-tang'k[.e]r-us, _adj._ cross-grained: perverse in temper.--_adv._ CANTAN'KEROUSLY.--_n._ CANTAN'KEROUSNESS. [M. E. _contak_, quarrelling.]

CANTAR, kan't[:a]r, _n._ a Turkish weight of 100 rotls or pounds.

CANTATA, kan-t[:a]'ta, _n._ originally the name applied to a sort of musical narrative by one person, accompanied by a single instrument; subsequently an air was introduced--the modern concert-aria: now also a choral work, either sacred, and similar to, but shorter than the oratorio, or secular, either lyric or dramatic, but not intended for the stage.--_ns._ CANTA'TE, the 98th Psalm, from its opening words in Latin, 'Cantate Domino;' CAN'TATRICE, a female singer. [It.,--L. _cant[=a]re_, freq. of _can[)e]re_, to sing.]

CANTEEN, kan-t[=e]n', _n._ a tin vessel used by soldiers for holding liquors: a barrack-tavern, or refreshment-house for the use of the soldiers. [Fr. _cantine_--It. _cantina_, a cellar; further der. uncertain.]

CANTER, kan't[.e]r, _n._ an easy gallop.--_v.i._ to move at an easy gallop.--_v.t._ to make to canter. [Orig. _Canterbury-gallop_, from the easy pace at which the pilgrims rode to the shrine at Canterbury.]

CANTERBURY, kan't[.e]r-ber-ri, _n._ a stand with divisions in it for holding books, music, &c.--CANTERBURY BELLS (see CAMPANULA).

CANTHARIDES, kan-thar'i-d[=e]z, _n.pl._ Spanish flies, used for blistering.--_adjs._ CANTHAR'IDAL, CANTHARID'IAN, CANTHARID'IC, composed of cantharides.--_n._ CANTHAR'IDINE, the active principle of blistering-flies. [L. _cantharis_, beetle, pl. _cantharides_.]

CANTHARUS, kan'tha-rus, _n._ a large two-handled drinking-cup: a laver in the atrium before ancient churches;--_pl._ CAN'THAR[=I], [L.]

CANTHUS, kan'thus, _n._ the angle formed by the junction of the eyelids: one of the upper and lower or anterior and posterior extremities of the compound eyes of insects:--_pl._ CAN'THI (-th[=i]). [Gr. _kanthos_, corner of the eye.]

CANTICLE, kan'ti-kl, _n._ a song: a non-metrical hymn, esp. one of those used in the public services of the church, as the _Benedicite_: (_pl._) the Song of Solomon.--_n._ CAN'TICUM, a canticle: a part-song in an ancient play. [L. _canticulum_, dim of _canticum_.]

CANTILENA, kan-ti-l[=e]'na, _n._ a ballad or light song: a cantus firmus or melody for church use: a singing exercise or solfeggio. [L.]

CANTILEVER, kan'ti-l[=e]v-[.e]r, _n._ a large bracket used in architecture for supporting cornices, balconies, and even stairs--the principle has been applied in the construction of bridges to support enormous weights.--Also CAN'TALIVER. [Prob. made up of CANT, angle, and Fr. _lever_, to raise.]

CANTILLATE, kan'ti-l[=a]t, _v.t._ and _v.i._ to chant, intone.--_n._ CANTILL[=A]'TION.--_adj._ CAN'TILLATORY.

CANTION, kan'shun, _n._ (_Spens._) a song.

CANTLE, kan'tl, _n._ a fragment or edge of anything: the protuberant part of the back of a saddle: (_Scot._) the top of the head.--_v.t._ to cut a piece from: to divide.--_ns._ CANT'LET, a fragment, cantle; CANT'LING, the lower course of bricks enclosing a brick-clamp. [CANT, edge.]

CANTO, kan't[=o], _n._ division of a song or poem: the treble or leading melody.--_n._ CAN'TOR, the leader of the singing in a church, a precentor.--_adjs._ CANT[=O]'RIAL; CANT[=O]'RIS (gen. of L. _cantor_), of or belonging to the cantor or precentor.--_n._ CAN'TUS, a melody, esp. an ecclesiastical style of music.--CANTO FERMO, the simple melody of the hymns and chants used in the Christian Church of the West from the earliest times. [It.,--L. _cantus_--_can[)e]re_, to sing.]

CANTON, kan'tun, _n._ a division of territory, constituting in Switzerland a separate government, in France a subdivision of an arrondissement: (_her._) an ordinary of a shield, being a square occupying generally the dexter, sometimes the sinister, chief of the field.--_v.t._ to divide into cantons: to allot quarters to troops.--_adjs._ CAN'TONAL, pertaining to or divided into cantons; CAN'TONED (_archit._), ornamented at the corners with projecting pilasters: (_her._) placed in the midst of charges occupying the corners.--_n._ CAN'TONMENT (also pronounced can-t[=oo]n'ment), the temporary quarters of troops when taking part in manoeuvres or active operations: in India, permanent military towns, distinct and at some little distance from the principal cities. [O. Fr. _canton_; It. _cantone_, corner, district--_canto_, a corner: cf. CANT (2).]

CANTOR. See under CANTO.

CANTRED, kan'tred, _n._ a division of the country: a hundred. [W. _cantref_--_cant_, hundred, and _tref_, town.]

CANTRIP, kan'trip, _n._ a freak or wilful piece of trickery: a witch's spell. [Scot.; ety. unknown; Jamieson suggested _cant_, to turn over, _raip_, a roap.]

CANTUARIAN, kan-t[=u]-[=a]'ri-an, _adj._ pertaining to Canterbury as the archiepiscopal see of the primate of the Church of England. [Low L. _Cantuarius_, _Cantuarensis_--A.S. _Cantware_ (pl.), the people of Kent.]

CANTY, kan'ti, _adj._ cheerful, lively.--_n._ CAN'TINESS. [Scot.; cf. Low Ger. _kantig_.]

CANVAS, kan'vas, _n._ a coarse cloth made of hemp, used for sails, tents, &c., and for painting on: the sails of a ship.--_v.t._ to cover with canvas.--_ns._ CAN'VAS-BACK, a North American duck, very good eating, its back ashy white, crossed by broken, zigzag, dark lines; CAN'VAS-CLIMB'ER (_Shak._), a sailor; CAN'VAS-STRETCH'ER, a wooden frame on which canvas is stretched for oil-painting; CAN'VAS-WORK, embroidery upon cloth over which canvas has been laid to guide the stitches: an embroidery in Berlin wool on silk canvas with plush-stitch.--UNDER CANVAS, having the sails unfurled, under sail: living in tents. [O. Fr. _canevas_--L. and Gr. _cannabis_, hemp.]

CANVASS, kan'vas, _v.t._ to sift, examine: to discuss: to solicit votes, contributions, &c.--_v.i._ to solicit votes, &c. (with _for_).--_n._ close examination: a seeking or solicitation.--_n._ CAN'VASSER. [From CANVAS.]

CANY, k[=a]n'i, _adj._ (_Milton_) made of canes.

CANYON. Same as CANON.

CANZONE, kan-z[=o]'n[=a], _n._ a song or air in two or more parts, with passages of fugue and imitation: a series of stanzas in Italian poetry, of various metrical arrangements, and restricted to no set themes--(_dim._) CANZONET', CANZONETTE'. [It., a song (Fr. _chanson_), L. _cantion-em_, _can[)e]re_, to sing.]

CAOUTCHOUC, kow'chuk, _n._ the highly elastic juice or gum of a plant which grows in South America and Asia: india-rubber. [Fr.--Carib. _cahuchu_.]

CAP, kap, _n._ a woman's head-dress of muslin, or the like: a boy's head-dress, any kind of unbrimmed covering for the head: a cap-like covering of any kind: a cover: the top.--_v.t._ to put on a cap, as the official cap of a degree in some colleges: to outdo or surpass: to cover the end or top: to raise the cap in token of respect:--_pr.p._ cap'ping; _pa.p._ capped.--_n._ CAP'-CASE, a small travelling-case, a chest.--CAP AND BELLS, the characteristic marks of a professional jester; CAP A STORY, QUOTATION, VERSE, &c., to follow one up with another, or with its proper continuation or conclusion; CAP IN HAND, symbolic of reverence or submission; CAP OF LIBERTY, or _Phrygian bonnet_, the conical cap given to a Roman slave on enfranchisement, now the symbol of republicanism; CAP OF MAINTENANCE (see MAINTENANCE).--A FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP, something giving distinction: something to be proud of.--BLACK CAP, that put on by the judge before pronouncing sentence of death; COLLEGE CAP, the so-called square mortarboard, or trencher-cap, worn at English colleges.--PERCUSSION CAP, a small copper cylinder, closed at one end, for conveniently holding the detonating powder which is exploded by the act of percussion in percussion-arms.--SET ONE'S CAP AT, of a woman, to set herself to captivate a man's fancy.--THE CAP FITS, the allusion hits or suits; THROW UP ONE'S CAP, in token of immoderate joy. [A.S. _caeppe_--Low L. _cappa_, a cape or cope.]

CAP, kap, _n._ a wooden drinking-bowl, with two handles. [Scot., prob. from A.S. _copp_, a cup; prob. Scand. _koppr_.]

CAPA, k[:a]'pa, _n._ a Spanish cloak: fine Cuban tobacco for the outsides of cigars. [Sp.]

CAPABLE, k[=a]p'a-bl, _adj._ having ability, power, or skill to do: qualified, competent.--_ns._ CAPABIL'ITY, CAP'ABLENESS. [Fr.,--Low L. _capabilis_--L. _cap[)e]re_, to hold, take.]

CAPACITY, kap-as'i-ti, _n._ power of holding or grasping a thing: room: volume: power of mind: character: position enabling one to do something.--_adj._ CAP[=A]'CIOUS, including much: roomy: wide: extensive.--_adv._ CAP[=A]'CIOUSLY.--_n._ CAP[=A]'CIOUSNESS.--_v.t._ CAPAC'ITATE, to make capable: to qualify; CAPACITY FOR HEAT, power of absorbing heat.--LEGAL CAPACITY, the power to alter one's rights or duties by the exercise of free-will, or responsibility to punishment for one's acts. [Fr.,--L. _capacitas_,--_cap[)e]re_, to take, hold.]

CAP-[`A]-PIE, kap-a-p[=e]', _adv._ from head to foot, referring to arming, as a knight. [O. Fr. _cap a pie_ (mod. _de pied en cap_)--L. _caput_, head, and _pes_, foot.]

CAPARISON, ka-par'is-un, _n._ the covering of a horse: a rich cloth laid over a war-horse: dress and ornaments generally.--_v.t._ to cover with a cloth, as a horse: to dress very richly.--_adj._ CAPAR'ISONED. [Fr. _caparacon_--Sp. _caparazon_, augmentative of _capa_, a cape, cover--Low L. _cappa_.]

CAPE, k[=a]p, _n._ a covering for the shoulders attached as a tippet to a coat or cloak: a sleeveless cloak. [O. Fr. _cape_--Low L. _cappa_.]

CAPE, k[=a]p, _n._ a head or point of land running into the sea: a headland: a wine produced in Cape Colony.--_v.i._ (_naut._) to keep a course.--THE CAPE, for the Cape Colony. [Fr. _cap_--L. _caput_, the head.]

CAPELIN, kap'e-lin, _n._ a small fish of the smelt family, extremely abundant on the coasts of Newfoundland, and much used as bait in the cod-fishery.--Also CAP'LIN. [Fr. and Sp. _capelan_.]

CAPELINE, kap'e-lin, _n._ a small iron skull-cap worn by archers in the middle ages: a light woollen hood worn by ladies going out to an evening party: a surgical bandage for the head.--Also CAP'ELLINE. [Fr.,--Low L. _capella_--_capa_, a cap.]

CAPELLET, kap'e-let, _n._ a wen-like swelling on a horse's elbow, or on the back part of his hock. [Fr.,--Low L. _capella_--_capa_, a cap.]

CAPELL-MEISTER. Same as KAPELLMEISTER (q.v.).

CAPER, k[=a]'p[.e]r, _n._ the pickled flower-bud of the caper-shrub, much grown in Sicily. It has an agreeable pungency of taste, with a slight bitterness, and is much used in sauces, along with boiled mutton, &c.--_n._ C[=A]'PER-TEA, a black tea with a knotty curled leaf. [L. and Gr. _capparis_.]

CAPER, k[=a]'p[.e]r, _v.i._ to leap or skip like a goat: to dance in a frolicsome manner.--_n._ a leap: a prank.--_n._ C[=A]'PERER, a dancer.--TO CUT A CAPER, to dance or act fantastically. [See CAPRIOLE.]

CAPERCAILZIE, k[=a]-per-k[=a]l'yi, _n._ a species of grouse, almost equal in size to a turkey, and the largest of the gallinaceous birds of Europe.--Also CAPERCAIL'LIE. [Gael. _capull coilie_, large woodcock.]

CAPERNAITE, kap-er'na-[=i]t, _n._ a polemical term applied to a believer in transubstantiation--from John, vi. 52.--_adj._ CAPERNAIT'IC.--_adv._ CAPERNAIT'ICALLY. [_Capernaum_, a town in Galilee.]

CAPERNOITIE, kap-er-noi'ti, _n._ (_Scot._) head, noddle.--_n._ CAPERNOI'TEDNESS.--_adjs._ CAPERNOI'TY, CAPERNOI'TED, peevish: crabbed.

CAPIAS, k[=a]'pi-as, _n._ a judicial writ, commanding the sheriff to arrest the person named in it. [L. _capias_, thou mayst take--L. _cap[)e]re_, to take.]

CAPIBARA. Same as CAPYBARA.

CAPILLAIRE, kap-il-l[=a]r', _n._ (_orig._) a syrup extracted from the maiden-hair fern: a simple syrup flavoured with orange-flower water. [Fr., 'maiden-hair'--L. _capillaris_. See CAPILLARY.]

CAPILLAMENT, ka-pil'a-ment, _n._ a filament or fine fibre. [L. _capillamentum_--_capillus_, hair.]

CAPILLARY, kap'il-a-ri, or ka-pil'a-ri, _adj._ as fine or minute as a hair: having a very small bore, as a tube.--_n._ a tube with a bore as fine as a hair: (_pl._) the minute vessels that unite the veins and arteries in animals.--_adj._ CAPILLACEOUS (kap-i-l[=a]'shi-us), hair-like, capillary.--_n._ CAPILLAR'ITY, a name given to certain phenomena which appear when open tubes, having a very small bore, are placed in vessels containing liquids--e.g., if placed in water, the level of the water in the tube will be above that of the general surface.--_adj._ CAP'ILLOSE, hairy. [L. _capillaris_--_capillus_, hair, akin to _caput_, the head, akin to Eng. HEAD.]

CAPITAL, kap'it-al, _adj._ relating to the head: involving the loss of the head; chief: principal: excellent.--_n._ the head or top part of a column or pillar: the chief or most important thing: the chief city of a country: a large letter, such as used on title-pages, &c.: the stock or money for carrying on any business.--_n._ CAPITALIS[=A]'TION, the act of converting into capital: printing with capital letters.--_v.t._ CAP'ITAL[=I]SE, to convert into capital or money.--_ns._ CAP'ITALISM, condition of possessing capital: the economic system which generates capitalists; CAP'ITALIST, one who has capital or money.--_adv._ CAP'ITALLY, chiefly: principally: excellently: by capital punishment.--_adj._ CAP'ITATE (_bot._), growing in or shaped like a head.--_ns._ CAPIT[=A]'TION, a numbering of every head or individual: a tax on every head; CAPITE (kap'it-i), an ancient English tenure (_Shak._).--CIRCULATING OR FLOATING CAPITAL consists of the wages paid to the workmen, and of the raw material used up in the processes of industry, &c.; FIXED CAPITAL consists of buildings, machines, tools, &c.--HOLD LANDS IN CAPITE, to hold them directly from the sovereign.--MAKE CAPITAL OUT OF, to turn to advantage. [O. Fr. _capitel_--L. _capitalis_--_caput_, the head.]

CAPITAN, kap-i-tan', or kap'i-tan, _n._ the chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.--_n._ CAPITAN'O, a head-man. [See CAPTAIN.]

CAPITOL, kap'it-ol, _n._ the temple of Jupiter at Rome, built on the _Capitoline_ hill: (_U.S._) the house where Congress meets.--_adjs._ CAPIT[=O]'LIAN, CAPIT'OLINE. [L. _Capitolium_--_caput_, the head.]

CAPITULAR, kap-it'[=u]l-ar, _n._ a statute passed in a chapter or ecclesiastical court: a member of a chapter--also CAPIT'ULARY.--_adj._ relating or belonging to a chapter in a cathedral.--_adv._ CAPIT'ULARLY. [See CHAPTER.]

CAPITULATE, kap-it'[=u]l-[=a]t, _v.i._ to treat: to draw up terms of agreement: to yield or surrender on certain conditions or heads.--_ns._ CAPIT'ULANT; CAPITUL[=A]'TION.--_adj._ CAPIT'ULATORY, recapitulatory. [Low L. _capitulatus_, pa.p. of _capitul[=a]re_, to arrange under heads--_capitulum_, a chapter.]

CAPITULUM, ka-pit'[=u]-lum, _n._ (_bot._) a close head of sessile flowers, as in COMPOSITAE: (_anat._) the head of a bone, esp. of a rib--also CAPITEL'LUM.--_adj._ CAPIT'ULAR. [L., dim. of _caput_, head.]

CAPLE, CAPUL, k[=a]'pl, _n._ a horse. [M. E. _capel_; cf. Ice. _kapall_; Ir. _capall_; prob. from Low L. _caballus_, a horse.]

CAPNOMANCY, kap'no-man-si, _n._ divination by means of smoke. [Gr. _kapnos_, smoke, _manteia_, divination.]

CAPOCCHIA, ka-pok'ia, _n._ (_Shak._) a fool. [It.]

CAPON, k[=a]'pn, _n._ a castrated cock: a fish: a letter.--_v.t._ C[=A]'PONISE. [A.S. _capun_; L. _capon-em_, Gr. _kap[=o]n_--_koptein_, to cut. See CHOP.]

CAPONIERE, kap-[=o]-n[=e]r', _n._ a covered passage across the ditch of a fortified place.--Also CAPONIER'. [Fr.]

CAPORAL, kap-or-al', _n._ a kind of shag tobacco. [Fr.]

CAPOT, ka-pot', _n._ the winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet, and scoring forty.--_v.i._ to win all the tricks in piquet. [Fr.]

CAPOTE, ka-p[=o]t', _n._ a long kind of cloak or mantle. [Fr., dim. of _cape_, a cloak.]

CAPPAGH-BROWN, kap'a-brown, _n._ a brown pigment yielded by a bituminous earth from _Cappagh_ near Cork.--Also CAPP'AH-BROWN.

CAPRIC, kap'rik, _adj._ in CAPRIC ACID, a fatty acid obtained from butter, &c., having a slightly goat-like smell.--_ns._ CAP'RIN, CAP'RINE, a compound of capric acid and glycerine found in butter. [L. _caper_, a goat.]

CAPRICE, ka-pr[=e]s', _n._ a change of humour or opinion without reason: a freak: changeableness.--_ns._ CAPRICCIO (ka-pr[=e]t'cho), a sportive motion: (_mus._) a species of free composition, not subject to rule as to form or figure; CAPRICCIO'SO, a direction in music for a free style.--_adj._ CAPRI'CIOUS (_Shak._), humorous: full of caprice: changeable.--_adv._ CAPRI'CIOUSLY.--_n._ CAPRI'CIOUSNESS. [Fr. _caprice_--It. _capriccio_; perh. from L. _capra_, a she-goat.]

CAPRICORN, kap'ri-korn, _n._ one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, like a horned goat. [L. _capricornus_--_caper_, a goat, _cornu_, a horn.]

CAPRIFICATION, kap-ri-fi-k[=a]'shun, _n._ a method supposed to hasten the ripening of figs, by puncturing.--_adj._ CAP'RIFORM, goat-shaped. [L. _caprificus_, the wild fig--_caper_, a goat, and _ficus_, a fig.]

CAPRIN, CAPRINE. See CAPRIC.

CAPRINE, kap'rin, _adj._ like a goat.

CAPRIOLE, kap'ri-[=o]l, _n._ a caper: a leap without advancing.--_v.i._ to leap: to caper. [O. Fr. _capriole_--It. _capriola_--L. _caper_, _capra_, a goat.]

CAPSICUM, kap'si-kum, _n._ a tropical plant or shrub, from which cayenne pepper is made.--_n._ CAP'SICINE, the active principle of capsicum. [From L. _capsa_, a case, its berries being contained in pods or capsules--_cap[)e]re_, to take, hold.]

CAPSIZE, kap-s[=i]z', _v.t._ to upset.--_v.i._ to be upset. [Ety. dub.; Prof. Skeat suggests Sp. _cabezar_, to nod, pitch.]

CAPSTAN, kap'stan, _n._ an upright machine turned by spokes so as to wind upon it a cable which draws something, generally the anchor, on board ship. [Fr. _cabestan_, _capestan_, through Low L. forms from L. _cap[)e]re_, to take, hold.]

CAPSULE, kap's[=u]l, _n._ the seed-vessel of a plant: a small dish.--_adjs._ CAP'SULAR, CAP'SULARY, hollow like a capsule: pertaining to a capsule; CAP'SULATE, -D, enclosed in a capsule. [Fr.,--L. _capsula_, dim. of _capsa_, a case--_cap[)e]re_, to hold.]

CAPTAIN, kap't[=a]n, or kap'tin, _n._ a head or chief officer: the commander of a troop of horse, a company of infantry, or a ship: the overseer of a mine: the leader of a team or club: the head-boy of a school.--_v.t._ to lead.--_ns._ CAP'TAINCY, the rank or commission of a captain; CAP'TAIN-GEN'ERAL, chief commander of an army; CAP'TAINSHIP, CAP'TAINRY (_obs._), rank or condition of a captain: skill in commanding. [O. Fr. _capitaine_--Low L. _capitaneus_, chief--L. _caput_, head.]

CAPTION, kap'shun, _n._ the act of taking: an arrest: (_Eng. law_) the formal title of indictments and depositions which shows the authority under which it is executed or taken: in Scotland, prior to 1837, the name given to the formal warrant to apprehend a debtor or other defaulting obligant, which was given in the Bill Chamber after letters of horning had been executed.--_adj._ CAP'TIOUS, ready to catch at faults or take offence: critical: peevish.--_adv._ CAP'TIOUSLY.--_n._ CAP'TIOUSNESS. [L. _captionem_--_cap[)e]re_, to take.]

CAPTIVATE, kap'tiv-[=a]t, _v.t._ to charm: to engage the affections.--_adj._ CAP'TIV[=A]TING, having power to engage the affections. [See CAPTIVE.]

CAPTIVE, kap'tiv, _n._ one taken: a prisoner of war: one kept in bondage.--_adj._ taken, or kept prisoner in war; charmed or subdued by anything.--_ns._ CAP'TIVAUNCE (_Spens._), captivity; CAPTIV'ITY; CAP'TOR, one who takes a prisoner or a prize; CAP'TURE, the act of taking: the thing taken: an arrest.--_v.t._ to take as a prize: to take by force. [L. _captivus_--_cap[)e]re_, _captum_.]

CAPUCCIO, ka-p[=oo]ch'i-o, _n._ (_Spens._) a hood. [It.]

CAPUCHE, ka-p[=u]sh', _n._ a hood, esp. that worn by the _Capuchins_.--_n._ CAPUCHIN, (kap'[=u]-chin or kap-[=oo]-sh[=e]n'), a Franciscan monk, so called from the hood he wears: a hooded pigeon. [Fr. _capucin_, It. _cappucino_, a small cowl--Low L. _cappa_. See CAP, CAPE.]

CAPUL. See CAPLE.

CAPUT, k[:a]p'ut, _n._ a head.--CAPUT MORTUUM, the residuum after distillation: worthless residue.

CAPYBARA, kap-i-b[:a]r'a, _n._ the largest of rodent quadrupeds, native to South America, allied to the guinea-pig. [Brazilian.]

CAR (old form CARR), k[:a]r, _n._ a vehicle moved on wheels, applied to very various forms--a large and splendid vehicle, as a triumphal car, a funeral car, the two-wheeled Irish jaunting-car; in Birmingham, a four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a hansom (cab); in America, applied to all vehicles for railway travelling, as passenger-car, palace-car, freight-car, &c.; in England, applied only to the carriages of street tramways: a railway carriage: (_poet._) a chariot: the part of a balloon in which the aeronauts sit.--_n._ CAR'MAN, a man who drives a car or cart: a carter. [O. Fr. _car_--Low L. _carra_, _carrus_, itself a Celt. word, seen in Ir. _carr_, Bret. _karr_.]

CARABINE. Sec CARBINE.

CARACAL, kar'a-kal, _n._ the Persian lynx. [Fr., prob. Turk. _qara_, _qulaq_, black ear.]

CARACARA, kar-a-kar'a, _n._ a popular name for the South American _Polyborinae_, a sub-family of _Falconidae_, resembling the vultures. [Imit.]

CARACK. See CARRACK.

CARACOLE, kar'a-k[=o]l, _n._ the half-turn or wheel made by a horseman: a winding stair.--_v.i._ to turn half-round, as cavalry in wheeling: to prance about.--_p.adj._ CAR'ACOLING. [Fr. _caracole_--It. _caracollo_--Sp. _caracol_, the spiral shell of a snail.]

CARACT, kar'akt, _n._ mark: sign: character (q.v.).

CARAFE, ka-raf', _n._ a water-bottle for the table, [Fr. _carafe_, prob. from Ar. _gharafa_, to draw water.]

CARAMBOLA, ka-ram'b[=o]-la, _n._ the acrid pulpy fruit of a small East Indian tree, used for tarts, &c.: the tree itself.

CARAMBOLE. See CAROM.

CARAMEL, kar'a-mel, _n._ a dark-brown substance produced by the action of heat on sugar, used in colouring whisky, wines, &c.: a kind of confection, usually of chocolate, sugar, and butter.--Also CAR'OMEL. [Fr.--Sp. _caramelo_; further origin dubious.]

CARAPA, kar'a-pa, _n._ a genus of tropical trees of natural order _Meliaceae_, a South American species yielding the useful carap-oil or crab-oil. [_Caraipi_, the native Guiana name.]

CARAPACE, kar'a-p[=a]s, _n._ the shell of the crab, tortoise, &c.--_adj._ CARAP[=A]'CIAL. [Fr.--Sp. _carapacho_.]

CARAT, kar'at, _n._ a weight of 4 grains: a proportional measure of 1/24 in stating the fineness of gold. [Fr.,--Ar. _q[=i]r[=a]t_, perh. from Gr. _keration_, a seed or bean used as a weight.]

CARAUNA, ka-raw'na, _n._ an aromatic resinous substance yielded by a tree on the Amazon, formerly used in plasters.--Also CARAN'NA.

CARAVAN, kar'a-van, _n._ a company of travellers associated together for security in crossing the deserts in the East: a company of people: a large close carriage, or any kind of house on wheels.--_ns._ CARAVANEER', the leader of a caravan; CARAVAN'SARY, CARAVAN'SERA, a kind of unfurnished inn where caravans stop. [Pers. _k[=a]rw[=a]nsar[=a][=i]_--_k[=a]rw[=a]n_, caravan, _sar[=a]i_, inn.]

CARAVEL, kar'av-el, _n._ a kind of light sailing-vessel. [Fr.,--It. _caravelia_; cf. Low L. _carabus_, Gr. _karabos_, a bark.]

CARAWAY, kar'a-w[=a], _n._ a plant with aromatic seeds, used as a tonic and condiment.--_n._ CAR'AWAY-SEED. [Prob. through Sp. from Ar. _karwiy[=a]_; cf. Gr. _karon_.]

CARBAZOTIC, kar-b[=a]-zot'ik, _adj._ consisting of carbon and azote.

CARBIDE. See CARBON.

CARBINE, k[:a]r'b[=i]n, _n._ a short light musket--also CAR'ABINE.--_ns._ CARBINEER', CARABINEER', a soldier armed with a carbine. [Fr. _carabine_, O. Fr. _calabrin_, a carbineer--_calabre_, a machine for casting stones--Low L. _chadabula_, Gr. _katabol[=e]_, overthrow. Thus Diez; Littr['e] thinks _calabrin_ from Calabrian.]

CARBOLIC ACID, kar-bol'ik as'id, _n._ an acid produced from coal-tar, used as a disinfectant. [L. _carbo_, coal.]

CARBON, k[:a]r'bon, _n._ an elementary substance, widely diffused, of which pure charcoal is an example.--_n._ CAR'BIDE, a compound of carbon with a metal, formerly called CAR'BURET.--_adjs._ CARBON[=A]'CEOUS, CARBON'IC, pertaining to or composed of carbon.--_n._ CAR'BONATE, a salt formed by the union of carbonic acid with a base.--_adjs._ CAR'BONATED, combined or impregnated with carbonic acid; CARBONIF'EROUS, producing carbon or coal.--_n._ CARBONIS[=A]'TION--_v.t._ CAR'BONISE, to make into carbon.--CARBONIC ACID, an acid formed of carbon and oxygen, generally gaseous, and evolved by respiration and combustion. [Fr. _carbone_--L. _carbon-em_, coal.]

CARBONADO, k[:a]r-bon-[=a]'do, _n._ (_obs._) a piece of meat cut crossways for broiling on coals.--_v.t._ to cut crossways for broiling: to slash. [Sp. _carbonada_.]

CARBONARI, k[:a]r-bon-[:a]r'i, _n.pl._ members of a secret society in Italy at the beginning of this century, founded to help forward a republican government.--_n._ CARBONAR'ISM. [It., lit. 'charcoal burners.']

CARBOY, kar'boi, _n._ a large bottle of green or blue glass, protected with a frame of basket-work or wood, used for holding sulphuric acid or the like. [Pers. _qar[=a]bah_.]

CARBUNCLE, k[:a]r'bung-kl, _n._ a fiery-red precious stone: an inflamed ulcer: a pimple on the nose.--_adjs._ CAR'BUNCLED, set with the gem carbuncle; afflicted with carbuncles: having red inflamed spots; CARBUN'CULAR, belonging to or like a carbuncle: red: inflamed. [L. _carbunculus_, dim. of _carbo_, a coal.]

CARBURET, same as CARBIDE (q.v. under CARBON).--_adj._ CAR'BURETTED.--_n._ CARBURET'TER, or CARBURET'TOR, an apparatus for charging gases with carbon.

CARCAJOU, k[:a]r'ka-j[=oo], _n._ the American wolverine.

CARCAKE, kar'k[=a]k, _n._ a kind of cake for Shrove Tuesday. [Scot.--A.S. _caru_, grief, and CAKE.]