3. An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

Cap"ping plane` (?). (Join.) A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

||Ca"pra (?), n. [L., a she goat.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

Cap"rate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of capric acid.

Cap"re*o*late (?), a. [L. capreolus wild goat, tendril, fr. caper goat: cf. F. caprÚolÚ.] (Bot.) Having a tendril or tendrils.

Cap"re*o*line (?), a. [L. capreolus wild goat, fr. caper goat.] (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the roebuck.

Cap"ric (?), a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.

Capric acid, C9H19.CO2H, Caprylic acid, C7H15.CO2H, and Caproic acid, C5H11.CO2H, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat.

||Ca*pric"cio (k&adot;*prēt"ch&osl;), n. [It. See Caprice.] 1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.

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