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_.]