||Ca`po*ral" (kä`p*räl"), n. [Sp. See Corporal, n.] One who directs work; an overseer. [Sp. Amer.]
||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 uniformly the pitch of all the strings.
Ca"pri (?), n. Wine produced on the island of Capri, commonly a light, dry, white wine.
||Cap`su*li"tis (?), n. [NL.; E. capsule + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a capsule, as that of the crystalline lens.
Cap`su*lot"o*my (?), n. [Capsule + Gr. &?; to cut.] (Surg.) The incision of a capsule, esp. of that of the crystalline lens, as in a cataract operation.
||Ca`ra*ba"o (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The water buffalo. [Phil. Islands]
Ca`ra*cul" (?), n. Var. of Karakul, a kind of fur.
Car"bon, n. (Elec.) A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp; also, a plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.
Car"bon*ite (?), n. [Carbon + -ite.] 1. An explosive consisting essentially of nitroglycerin, wood meal, and some nitrate, as that of sodium.