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- English Word Capellane Definition The curate of a chapel; a chaplain.
- English Word Capelle Definition The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.
- English Word Capellet Definition A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.
- English Word Capellmeister Definition The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choir-master.
- English Word Caper Definition To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
- English Word Caper Definition A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
- English Word Caper Definition A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.
- English Word Caper Definition The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.
- English Word Caper Definition A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.
- English Word Caper bush Definition Alt. of Caper tree
- English Word Caper tree Definition See Capper, a plant, 2.
- English Word Caperberry Definition The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.
- English Word Caperberry Definition The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).
- English Word Capercailzie Definition Alt. of Capercally
- English Word Capercally Definition A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods.
- English Word Caperclaw Definition To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse.
- English Word Capered Definition of Caper
- English Word Caperer Definition One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
- English Word Capering Definition of Caper
- English Word Capful Definition As much as will fill a cap.
- English Word Capias Definition A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.
- English Word Capibara Definition See Capybara.
- English Word Capillaceous Definition Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.
- English Word Capillaire Definition A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.
- English Word Capillaire Definition Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.
- English Word Capillament Definition A filament.
- English Word Capillament Definition Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.
- English Word Capillariness Definition The quality of being capillary.
- English Word Capillarity Definition The quality or condition of being capillary.
- English Word Capillarity Definition The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.