||Ca*pit"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Capitula (&?;). [L., a small head.] 1. A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat. Gray.
2. (Anat.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]
Ca*pi"vi (?), n. [Cf. Copaiba.] A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.
Ca"ple (?), n. See Capel.
Cap"lin (?), n. See Capelin.
{ Cap"lin (?), Cap"ling (?), } n. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. Wright.
Cap"no*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. &?; smoke + mancy: cf. F. capnomancie.] Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.
Cap"no*mor (?), n. [Gr. &?; smoke + &?;, equiv. to &?; part.] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar. Watts.
||Ca*poc" (?), n. [Malay kāpoq.] A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.
Ca*poch" (?), n.; pl. Capoches (#). [Cf. Sp. capucho, It. cappucio, F. Capuce, capuchon, LL. caputium, fr. capa cloak. See Cap.] A hood; especially, the hood attached to the gown of a monk.
Ca*poch", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capoched (?).] To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind. Hudibras.
Ca"pon (kā"p'n or kā"pŭn; 277), n. [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. capūn (cf. F. chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. ka`pwn akin to ko`ptein to cut, OSlav. skopiti to castrate. Cf. Comma.] A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. Shak.
The merry thought of a capon.
W. Irving.
Ca"pon, v. t. To castrate; to make a capon of.
Ca"pon*et (?), n. A young capon. [R.] Chapman.
Cap`o*niere" (?), n. [F. caponniŔre, fr. Sp. caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon.] (Fort.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
Ca"pon*ize (?), v. t. To castrate, as a fowl.
Ca*pot" (?), n. [F.] A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points. Hoyle.
Ca*pot", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capotted.] To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.
Ca*pote" (?), n. [Sp. capote (cf. F. capote.), fr. LL. capa cape, cloak. See Cap.] A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood.
Ca*pouch" (?), n. & v. t. Same as Capoch.
Cap"pa*dine (?), n. A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.
Cap"pa`per (?), See cap, n., also Paper, n.
Cap"peak` (?), n. The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor.
||Cap*pel"la (?), n. See A cappella.
Cap"per (?), n. 1. One whose business is to make or sell caps.