caoutcboucin 
caoutchoucin, caoutchoucine (kiiVliii-sin), . 
Same as cunuli'ltm. 
cap 1 (kap), ii. [(1) Early mod. E. also m/v" 1 - 
< Mh. I'll/ipi; co/i/'i, l.'/i/n, < AS. i'ir/i/ii-. iiNo 
nt/i/M-, - ()l''rii'.s. I'li/i/ii' = Ml). IcnplM-, I). AYI/; = 
ML( I. Ml. /./</ = i )I Ii 1. c/i/./"'. .M 1 Ii 1. 1 ! . /,'</// 
Norw. kappa = Sw. /.''////.'I = Dan. 
OK. Cfl/W, I''. </', also I'llil/if ML. mppn\, :i 
cap, hood, cowl; parallel with (_') E. <</ i. < 
ME. </. enrlior (<;/, < AS. "m/ii = Icel. /.V./HI 
= Norw. latapa = Sw. /.'rt/( = Dun. /,/</ i | 
Ml,. i-tipii); (:i) E. nipi-l, < ME. <;/, < I'r. 8p. 
!':_'. <vi/i = It. '"/'/"'. a hood, capo, cloak ; all 
< ML. I'liiipn. ;ils. i r//yi,/. M cape, a hooded cloak, 
a word of uncertain origin; said to be < L. ea- 
pcrc, take, take in, ''quia quasi totum rapiat 
hominem," because it envelops, as it were, the 
whole person (Isidoms of Seville, 19, 31); by 
iitlieni referred to L. otput, head; but neither 
derivation is satisfactory. See cane 1 and cope^, 
doublets of rap 1 , and the deriv. chapel, ckaplrt, 
chaplain. rhuprron, etc.] 1. A covering for 
the head; a hood; now, especially, a head- 
covering or head-dress made of soft material 
and usually fitting more closely to the head 
than a hat. Men's caps are usually made of doth, silk, 
or fur, :n.- without a hrliu, except sometimes a peak in 
front, cover the crown or top of the head, and are worn as 
MH outdoor covering. Women's caps are made of lace, 
muslin, riblnms, ami other lijjht materials, ainl vim-times 
cover both the back and sides of the head, as well as the 
top. They are worn as an indoor covering or ornament. 
< 'a | is a iv ill many cases made to serve, by their form, color, 
ornamentation, dr., as insignia of rank or dignity, or em- 
blems of particular principles or occupations, as the ec- 
clesiastical cap (see liin'tttt), the cap of lilierty (see Phry- 
gian cap, below), the fool's cap, the nurse's cap, etc. 
2. Anything resembling a cap in appearance, 
position, or use. SpectBcaUy (a) In bat., the plleus 
of a mnshrooiu. See pitfiut. (6) In oniith., the pileum or 
top of a bird's head, especially when in any way notable, 
as by special coloration. See pileum. (c) A percussion- 
cap. (d) An inner plate secured as a cover over the move- 
ment or "works" of some kinds of watches: now nearly 
disused. () Naut. : (1) A covering of metal or of tarred 
canvas for the end of a rope, to prevent fraying. (8) A 
large thick block of wood, strengthened by iron bands, 
and having a square and a round hole in it, used to con- 
tine the heel of one mast to the head of another above 
which it is erected. The square hole of the lower cap is 
lived thinly on the tenon in the head of the lower mast, 
while the topmast traverses through the round hole. The 
topmast-cap is secured in the same way on the head of the 
topmast, the topgallantinast passing through the round 
hole. The bowsprit also is fitted with a cap, through which 
the jib-boom passes. (8) One of the square blocks of wood 
laid upon others on which the keel of a vessel rests in the 
process of building. (/) In tuxikliiinlin't, the envelop of 
paper which the binder puts around the elites of a Ixxik- 
cover to protect it from injury while lie is at work on 
other parts of the Iwok. (/;) In marh. : (1) The upper half 
of a journal-box : the lower half is called the pillow. /.'. 
//. Kni.ilit. (2) The tire or face of a glaze-wheel. (M) The 
terminal section of a pipe having a plug at the end. (4) 
The part connecting a punip-rou with a working-beam. 
(."'!> The hand connecting the handstatf and swliigel of a 
tlail ; the capling. (h) The movable top of the house of a 
windmill, (i) In carp., the uppermost of any assemblage 
of parts, as the lintel of a door or window-frame, a hori- 
zontal iiram joining the heads of a row of piles, etc. (j) 
lu winitift, as sometimes used, any kind of rock henrath 
which miners expect or hope to find ore in paying quanti- 
ties. Sometimes, though rarely, it is used for outcrop, 
especially when this is comparatively barren of ore. Any 
unproductive rock, whether it be a iortion of a vein or 
not . may be called cap or ."/'/>/'/./ if valuable ore is found 
beneath it. In such cases the lode might be said by some 
to be capped . (k) In <-<><il-i/iiiiiti:i, the Muish halo of ignited 
gas appearing above and around the flame of a safety-lamp 
when a dangerous amount of tire-damp is present. Also 
called Mite-cap. (I) In her., the figure of a eap used in 
charges, and as part of a crest or an accessory in a coat of 
anus, sometimes of very conventional shape. 
3. [< foolscap, orig. used with ref. to the old 
water-mark of the fool's cap and bells.] A name 
given, with distinctive qualifications, to several 
sizes of writing-paper. Foobcap, usually folded the 
long way, ranges from 12 x 16 to 12* x 16j inches. Law 
cap, folded the narrow way, is of the same dimensions. 
Pot cap and leiial cap, always flat or unfolded, are 13 x 1 
inches. r'l'it "/'. or full cap, is 14 x 17 inches. Double 
cup is 17 \ 2b inches. In England pot is 12J x 15J inches, 
ami foolscap or eap is 13$ x NiJ inches. Exchange cap is a 
thin, highly calendered pajnT 'if good quality, made of new 
stock, ami useii tor printing bills of exchange, etc. 
4. The head, chief, or top ; the acme. 
Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. 
that., T. of A., iv. S. 
5. Head, chief, or master. [Prov. Eng.] 6. 
An act of respect performed by uncovering the 
head. 
Give a cap ami make a leg in thanks. Fuller. 
7. A cap-sheaf (which see). 8. pi. Fungi. 
[Prov. Eng.] 9f. A cape. See cape*. A 
feather In one's cap. see <,?/,. Belt-rail cap. Ss 
Ml-f<iil. Black cap. <'i> The cap worn In a jmk-c when 
passing sentence of death. [British.) (h) The eap drawn 
over the head <>t a criminal immediately before he is 
hanged. Cap COpped, in //., a hycoekct used .is a hear 
inu- Cap in crown, in l-t\ . tlie eap within the rim or 
circle of the en>\\ti. ami roverine. tile heaii. Such eap, 
tire represented of ditferent colors, which arc mentioned 
Bl 
-.Ill 
In the hhi/on Cap Of a cannon, n piece of lead laid 
over the vent to keep the priming dry. Also called an 
"/"</' Cap of dignity. >a. 
- Cap of estate, same a* i-.*// .<./ - Cap 
of fence, any defensive bead-drou; SIN-, itl.-alls, .n<- 
quilled, still!.. I, ..r Ii I with iron, or having plates of 
iron Keu.d l.etu.en tile thiekll.s,, . 
under fil. Cap Of liberty. Sec Phrygian cap, below. 
Cap Of mall. Same a. .-.,.') . i m*U ih|.-h M-C, under 
Cap of maintenance, s. ..,/. ,,,i,,,-.. Four- 
cornered Cap, tie !<! cap \%i.rn in Kn^lish 
universities and [>ii!.]i< schools. The eap part tit- close to 
the head, and is surmounted hy a square flat hoard mea- 
suring almnt a toot diagonally across. - Phrygian cap, 
the pointed cap, uitb itn apex turned over t.-ward th. 
front, commonly woni by some of the peoples of Asia 
Minor In classical times, and considered by the I ; reeks as 
a distinctive part of Oriental as contrasted with Hellenic 
costume. This form of cap Is now received as the type of 
the cap of lilierty. See cut nndei i,rnrn: Statute cap, 
a woolen cap . njoin. .1 to tie worn by an English statute 
passed in 1571 in the interest of the cap-makers : as. " plain 
ttatute-cap* " Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. To set one's cap, 
to d. e. i\. , I., -ml.-. ,,1 elie.it . 
capacious 
Cap. An abbreviation ( <i] of i-n/n I, ill ; (h) of 
Latin i-iijnil nr rii/iitnlum, clmpter; d-j in jinni- 
in<i, ol 
capa (ka'ptt), N. [Sp.. a cloak, cape: seec/iy/ 1 . 
''i/' 1 .] 1. A Spanish cape or cloak. 2. A 
I 'ul inn tobacco of fine quality, sin-dally suited 
for tin oiitsi.loH or wrappers of the bent cigars. 
capability (ksV-pa-bil'i-ti), . ; pi. . 
capable: see capable.} The quality or being 
capable ; ability to receive, nr jiower to do ; 
capacity of undergoing or of doing ; capacity ; 
ability; capableuess. 
There are nations In the East so enslaved by custom that 
they seem to have lost all power of change except the ra- 
jHtbilitit of being destroyed. W. K. Cli/ord, Lectures, 1. 106. 
We have arrived at the stage where new capabUUiei are 
no longer Imperiously demanded hy the advancement of 
. nlinie. 'UA, Eng. Lit, I. aw. 
capable (ka'pa-bl), a. [< F. capable, capable, 
', able to hold, * 
of a woman in regard to a man. 
cap 1 (kap), f. ; pret. and pp. capped, ppr. cap- 
jtiiitj. [< cap 1 , . ] I. trans. 1. To put a cap 
on ; cover with or as with a cap, in any sense 
of that word ; cover the head, top, end, or some 
particular part of : as, to cap a dunce at school : 
to cap (the nipple of) a gun. 
The cloud-capp'rf towers. Shak., Tempest, iv. 1. 
Bones capped by a layer of hard cement. 
Ouvn, Anat. Vert. 
Mamjistead Heath is ... formed of London clay capped 
by Lower Bagshot sand. Huxley, Physiography, p. 25. 
The snow has capped yon distant hill. 
0. W. Holme* , An Old Year Song. 
2. To complete ; consummate ; crown ; bring 
to a climax : follow up with something more re- 
markable than what has previously been done : 
as, to cap a story with its moral ; he cap]>ed this 
exploit oy another still more audacious. 3. 
To puzzle. [North. Eng.] 4f. To deprive of 
the cap. 
As boys sometimes used to cap one another. 
Spnuer, State of Ireland. 
5. To salute by taking off the cap : as, to cap 
a proctor. 
You would not cap the Pope's commissioner. 
Tennyson, (jneen Mary, iv. 2. 
Capped quarts. See quartz. Capped rail, an Iron 
rail with a steel cap or tread. See rail. to cap a rope 
(Haul.), to cover the end of it with tarred canvas or metal. 
TO cap Off, in !{*.< ,,i<ik-ni'/. to detach (a cylinder of 
blown -jlas. i by drawing a circle around the closed end. 
To cap texts or proverbs, to quote text* or provcrlw 
alternately in emulation or contest. See to cap verge*, 
below. 
I will cap that proverb with There is flattery In friend- 
ship. Shak., Hen. V., ill. 7. 
Henderson and ih' other masses, 
Were sent to cap text* and put cases. 
S. Buffer, Hudibras, III. ii. 1240. 
To cap the cll*^*, to go to the utmost limit in words or 
action ; exceed expectation or belief : as, that story cap* 
the ctniuis ; his conduct in this affair cap* the climax of 
absurdity. 
In due time the old gentleman capped the climax of his 
favors by dying a Christian death. 
Haiethorne, Twice-Told Tales, I. 445. 
To cap verses, to quote alternately verses each beginning 
with the same letter with which the last ended. The cap- 
ping of Latin verses is a common game in classical schools. 
No verse may lie used twice, and up hesitation or delay la 
permitted : so that a moderate proficiency in the game 
supposes several thousand verses arranged in the memory 
alphabetically. If the correctness of a verse is challenged, 
theplayer who gave It must show where It occurs. 
II. in.row.s-. To uncover the head in rever- 
ence or civility. 
Still 
doors w: 
cap'- 2 (kap), n. [Same as cop* = E. cup, q. v.] 
A wooden bowl : as, a cap of porridge and milk. 
Also caup. [Scotch.] 
cap 3 (kap), r. *. ; pret. and pp. capped, ppr. cap- 
/<!</. [< D. kapen (= Sw. kupa), seize, eaten, 
make prize of, as a privateer or pirate (> D. 
kaap, privateering); appar. < L. caperc, take, 
seize, capture: see capable, captive, capture, 
etc. Hence coper 3 and oyjperS, p.] l.Toarrest. 
Twelve shillings you must pay, or I must cap you. 
Beau, ami Fl., Knight of Burning Pestle, lit 2. 
Ralph has friends that will not suffer him to be capt for 
ten times so much. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Burning Pestle, iii. 2. 
2. To seize ; lay hold of violently ; specifically, 
to -, -jze i a \essol) as a prize; hence, to entrap 
or insnave. [Scotch and prov. Eng.] 
cap 4 (kap), r. i. : pret. and pp. nippcil, ppr. 
atli/iiHi/. [Unassibilated form of chap 1 , chop 1 . 
q. v.] 1. To chap, as the hands. 2. To wrin- 
kle. 3. To coagulate. [Prov. Eng.] 
pacious), < L. ctipcre, take hold of, seize, hold, 
etc. (whence nit. a great number of E. words, 
&s capacious, captious, captire = caitiff, capture, 
accept, except, intercept, precept, conceive, de- 
ceive, perceive, receive, conception, deception, etc., 
receptacle, recijtient, occufiy, etc.), = Goth. An/- 
jan = AS. hebban, E. keate, lift, raise, orig. 
tapping, cringing, applauding waiting at men's 
with all affability. Burton, Anat. of Mel. 
hold' : see //<".] If. Able to hold or contain ; 
sufficiently capacious (for) : followed by of. 
The place chosen was the cathedral church, capable <>/ 
about 400 persons. . Lord Herbert. 
2f. Capacious; extensive; comprehensive: HK, 
"a capable and wide revenge," fihak., Othello, 
iii. 3. 3. Able to receive; open to influences; 
impressible; receptive; susceptible; admitting: 
usually followed by of: as, capable o/pain and 
grief; capable of long duration; capable of be- 
ing colored or altered: sometimes used abso- 
lutely. 
His form and cause conjoln'd, preaching to stones. 
Would make them capable. Shak., Hamlet, 111. 4. 
If thou be'st capable, of things serious, thou must know 
the king is full of grief. Shak., W. T., IT. 3. 
To his capable ears 
Silence was music from the holy spheres. 
Kfiit. Kndymlon, II. 
We have no right to conclude, then, that the order of 
events is always capable <>/ being explained. 
W. K. Clifford, Lectures, I. 149. 
4f. Able to be received. [Bare.] 
Lean upon a rush. 
The cicatrice and capable impressure 
Thy palm some moment keeps. 
Shak., As you Like it, UL b. 
6f. Fitted or deserving to receive : as, "capa- 
ble of mercy," Lord Herbert. 
That place In the world's account which he thinks his 
merit capable of. 
B. Jontton, Prcf. to Every Man out of his Humonr. 
6. Sufficiently able (to do something): as, 
a man capable of judging. 
Every mind seems capable of entertaining a certain 
quantity of happiness which no Institutions can Increase, 
no circumstances alter, and entirely independent of for- 
tune. HMnnith, Citizen of the World, xliv. 
7. Having legal power or capacity : as, a bas- 
tard is not capable of inheriting an estate. 
Of my land. 
Loyal and natural hoy, 111 work the means 
To make thec capable. Shak., Lett, ii. 1. 
8. Possessing a good degree of intelligence or 
ability; qualified; able; competent: as, aca/xi- 
lilf judge ; a capable instructor. 
To be born rich and feeble Is as bad a fate as to be born 
poor and capal-le. Pop. Set. Mo., XXV. 87. 
= Syn. 8. Qualified, fitted, adapted, efficient, clever, skil- 
ful, gifted, accomplished. 
capableness (ka'pa-bl-nes), . The state or 
quality of being capable ; capability ; capacity. 
capably (ka'pa-bli), adr. In a capable man- 
ner. 
capacifyt (ka-pas'i-fi), r. t. [< L. capajr (ca- 
pac-), capable, + -fy, q. v.] To qualify. 
Wisdom capacijlet us to enjoy pleasantly and Innocently 
all good things. Bamv, Sermons, I. i. 
capacious (ka-pa'shus), a. [< L. capax (cajiac-), 
able to contain, able to contain much, wide, 
large, spacious, also capable, susceptible (< ca- 
pere, hold, contain: see capable), -f -out. For 
the term., cf. audacious, fallacious.] If. Capa- 
ble of receiving or holding: as, a jar capacious 
of 20 gallons. 2. Capable of holding much: 
roomy; spacious: as, a capacious vessel j a ro- 
pacious bay or harbor; a capacious mind or 
memory. 
Down sunk a hollow bottom broad and deep. 
Capaeioui bed of waters. MOton, P. L., vIL S90. 
