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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Căp'i-tal-i-zā'tion, n.p. 194The act of converting money or stock into capital. 2. The use of capital letters in writing or printing.
  2. Căp'i-tal-īze, v. t.p. 194To convert into capital, as money or stock. 2. To print in capital letters.
  3. Căp'i-tal-ly, adv.p. 194In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally. 2. In the way of pre-eminence or excellence; chiefly; finely.
  4. Căp'i-tal-ness, n.p. 194The state or quality of being capital; pre-eminence. [Rare.]
  5. Căp'i-tān' Pa-sha'p. 194The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.
  6. Căp'i-tāte, a.p. 194(Bot.) Growing in a head; — applied to a flower or stigma. London.
  7. Căp'i-tā'tion, n.p. 194Numeration by the head; a numbering of persons. Browne. 2. A tax upon each head or person; a poll-tax; — usually called capitation-tax.
  8. Căp'i-tē, n.p. 194(O. Eng. Law.) A tenure of land. Tenure in capite, a holding of land directly of the king as sovereign lord. Wharton. Burrill.
  9. Ca-pīt'el-late, a.p. 194(Bot.) Terminating in very small heads, as some stigmas. Gray.
  10. Căp'ĭ-tol, n.p. 194The temple of Jupiter, in Rome, on the Mons Capitolinus. Comes Cæsar to the Capitol to-morrow? Shak. 2. The edifice occupied by the congress of the United States in their deliberations. Also, in some…
  11. Căp'i-tō'li-an or Căp'i-tol-ine, a.p. 194Pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games originally instituted by Camillus in honor of Jupiter Capitolinus, and in commemoration of the preservation of the capitol…
  12. Ca-pīt'ū-lar, a.p. 194Belonging to a chapter; capitulary. The high aristocracy of the church, from the pope to the member of the capitolier body. Allison. 2. (Bot.) Growing in small heads, as the dandelion.
  13. Ca-pit'ū-lar, n.p. 194
  14. Ca-pit'ū-la-ryp. 194An act passed in a chapter, either of knights, canons, or religious. 2. The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council. 3. A collection of laws or statutes; — so called as…
  15. Ca-pīt'ū-lar-ly, adv.p. 194In the form of an ecclesiastical chapter. “Capitularly assembled.” Sterne.
  16. Ca-pit'ū-la-ry, a.p. 194Relating to the chapter of a cathedral. “Capitulary acts.” Warton.
  17. Ca-pit'ū-lāte, v. i.p. 194To settle or draw up the heads of an agreement, as in chapters or articles. [Obs.] There capitulates with the king, . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary. Heylin. There is no reason why the…
  18. Ca-pĭt'ū-lāte, v. t.p. 194To surrender or transfer on certain conditions. [Rare.]
  19. Ca-pĭt'ū-lā'tion, n.p. 194A reducing to heads or articles; formal agreement. “With special capitulation.” Bp. Burnet. 2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms. 3. The instrument containing…
  20. Ca-pĭt'ū-lā'tor, n.p. 194One who capitulates.
  21. Căp'i-tūle, n.p. 194A summary. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  22. Ca-pīt'ū-lūm, n.p. 194(Bot.) A thick head or cluster of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover-top, or a dandelion. It may be either globular or flat. Gray.
  23. Ca-pī'vī, n.p. 194A balsam of the Spanish West Indies.
  24. Ca'ple, n.p. 194See CAPEL.
  25. Căp'lin, n.p. 194A species of fish. See CAPELAN. 2. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swipple. Wright.
  26. Cap'-mōn'ey, n.p. 194Money gathered for the huntsman at the death of the fox.
  27. Cäp'no-mān'cy, n.p. 194Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke. Spenser.
  28. Căp'no-mōr, n.p. 194(Chem.) A limpid, colorless oil, of a high refracting power, with an aromatic odor of ginger, obtained from the oil of tar. Gregory.
  29. Ca-pōc', n.p. 195A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, &c.
  30. Ca-pûch', n.p. 195A monk's hood; also, the hood of a cloak.
  31. Ca-pach', v. t.p. 195To cover with a hood; and hence, to hoodwink or blind. Capoched your rabbins of the synod, And snapped their canons with a why-not. Hudibras.
  32. Cā'pon, n.p. 195A castrated cock; a cock chicken gelded for the purpose of improving his flesh for the table. “The merry-thought of a capon.” W. Irving.
  33. Ca'pon, v. t.p. 195To castrate, as a cock. Birch.
  34. Cā'pon-et, n.p. 195A young capon. [Rare.]
  35. Căp'o-niēre', n.p. 195(Fort.) A work placed in a ditch for its defense by fire-arms, the defenders being covered on the sides, and sometimes overhead. If on the side only, it is single; if overhead, it is double. The work…
  36. Ca'pon-ize, v. t.p. 195To castrate, as a fowl. Barrington.
  37. Ca-pōt', n.p. 195A winning of all the tricks of cards at the game of piquet by either party of the players: it counts for forty points. Hoyle.
  38. Ca-pōt', v. t.p. 195To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.
  39. Ca-pōte', n.p. 195A long cloak extending from head to feet, worn by women. 2. A coat with a hood, worn by soldiers, sailors, and others. Simmonds.
  40. Ca-pouch', n.p. 195Same as CAPOCH.
  41. Căp'pa-dîne, n.p. 195A sort of silk flock or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag in making rugs. Simmonds.
  42. Cā'pa-nūs, n.p. 195(Zoöl.) A kind of worm very pernicious on account of its adhering to, and gnawing, the bottoms of ships. Ogilvie.
  43. Căp'-pā'per, n.p. 195A coarse brown paper, so called from being used to make caps to hold commodities. 2. A kind of writing-paper in large sheets, usually called foolscap.
  44. Căp'-pēak, n.p. 195The front piece or visor of a cap, by which it is usually put on and removed from the head. Simmonds.
  45. Căp'per, n.p. 195One whose business is to make or sell caps.
  46. Căp'ping-plāne, n.p. 195(Join.) A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase-rails. Ogilvie.
  47. Cā'pră, n.p. 195(Zoöl.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the common goat.
  48. Căp'rate, n.p. 195(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of capric acid with a base. Gregory.
  49. Căp're-o-late, a.p. 195(Bot.) Having tendrils, or spiral claspers, by which plants fasten themselves to other bodies. Martyn.
  50. Căp'ric, a.p. 195Obtained from butter, especially the butter and fat of the goat; as, capric acid. Gregory.
  51. Ca-prĭc'cĭo, n.p. 195(Mus.) A loose, irregular species of composition in which the composer continually digresses from his subject. Moore.
  52. Ca-prĭc'ci-ō'so, a.p. 195(Mus.) In a free, fantastic style. Moore.
  53. Ca-prīce', n.p. 195An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. “Caprices of appetite.” W. Irving. Syn.—Freak; whim; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.
  54. Ca-prĭch'ĭō, n.p. 195Freak; fancy. (Obs.) Shak.
  55. Ca-prĭ'cious, a.p. 195Governed by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. “Capricious humor.” Hugh Miller. The king had a capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam. Syn.—Arbitrary…
  56. Ca-pri'ciōus-ly, adv.p. 195In a capricious manner; whimsically.
  57. Ca-pri'cious-ness, n.p. 195The state or quality of being capricious; unsteadiness. “The capriciousness of taste.” Pennant. “The capriciousness of a sickly heart.” W. Irving.
  58. Căp'ri-corn, n.p. 195(Astron.) The tenth sign of the zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about the 21st of December; — represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure having…
  59. Căp'rid, a.p. 195Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals, of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.
  60. Căp'ri-fi-cā'tion, n.p. 195A process of promoting the production, or accelerating the ripening, of fruit, practiced in the Levant, particularly with the fig. It consists in suspending on the cultivated fig, branches of the…