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ther, to prevent theirjdrawing up weak. Towards the end 
of May, the plants muft be hardened by degrees to bear 
the open air; and in June they fhould be carefully taken 
up, and planted into borders, where they are intended to 
remain. The plants of the fourth fort, cultivated for pick¬ 
ling, fhould be planted in richer ground, about a foot and 
a half afunder, and fhaded till they have taken root, and 
afterwards duly watered in dry weather, which will greatly 
promote the growth and fize. 
The forts with perennial fhrubby Italics are not fo hardy 
as the other; therefore, when the plants have been brought 
forward in the hot-bed, they iliould be each planted in a 
pot filled with rich earth, and plunged into a very mode¬ 
rate liot-bed, under a deep frame, where they may have 
room to advance ; and in warm weather they fhould have 
a large fhare of air admitted to them, but mull be covered 
with glades every night in cold weather, and frequently 
watered. With this management they will produce plenty 
of fruit in autumn, which ripen in winter ; but they muff 
be removed into the ftove on the firft approach of froft. 
The fruit will continue in beauty moll: part of the winter, 
making a pretty appearance in the confervatory during 
that feafon. 
In the annexed Engraving is delineated, at fig. i, the 
Capficum anmuim ; fig. a, Capficum groffum ; and fig. 3, 
a pod of the Capficum frutel'cens. 
To CAPSFZE, v. a. In fea language, to upfet, or turn 
over. 
CAP'SQUARE, f. In gunnery, a ftrong plate of iron 
that comes over the trunnion of the great gun and keeps it 
on the carriage. 
CAP'STAN, f. [corruptly called capjlern ; calejlan , Fr.] 
A large mafl’y column, fhaped like a truncated cone ; be¬ 
ing fet upright on the deck of a fhip, and tuirned by le¬ 
vel's or bars, palling through holes in its upper extremity. 
The capftan is a kind of perpetual lever, or an axis in- 
peritrochio, which, by means of a ftrong rope or cable 
puffed round, ferves to raife very great weights ; fuch as 
to hoift fails, to weigh the anchors, to draw the veflels on 
fhore, and hoift them up to be refitted, See. 
To rig tie cap/tan, is to fix the bars in their refpeeftive 
holes, and thru ft in the pins, in order to confine them.— 
Surge the capjlan , is the order to flacken the rope heaved 
round upon it, of Which there are generally two turns 
and a half about the barrel at once, and fometimes three 
turns.— To heave the capjfan, is to go round with it, heav¬ 
ing on the bars, and drawing in any rope of which the 
purchafe is created.— To comc-up the capjfan, is to let go 
the rope upon which they had been heaving,— To pawl the 
capjlan, is to fix the pawls to prevent it from recoiling 
during any paufe of heaving. 
Capstan Bars, f The bars or pieces of wood by which 
the capftan is turned round. 
CAP'SULAR, or Cap'sulary, adj. [ capfula , Lat.] 
Hollow like a cheft. 
CAP'SULATE, or Cap'sui.ated, adj. [ capfula , Lat.] 
Inclofed, or in a box.—The heart lies immured, or capfu- 
lated, in a cartilage, which includes the heart as the lkull 
doth the brain. Derham. 
CAP'SULE, f. [capfula , Lat. a little cheft or cafket.] 
In botany, a membranaceous hollow pericarpium, open¬ 
ing in fome determinate manner, but differently in differ¬ 
ent plants. 
CAP'TAIN, f. [capitaine, Fr. in Latin capitancus ; be¬ 
ing one of- thole who, by tenure in capite, were obliged to 
bring foldiers to the war.] A chief commander: 
Difmay’d not this 
Our captains, Macbeth and Banquo ? Shakcfpcarc. 
The chief of any number or body of men.—Nahfhon fliall 
b e.captain of Judah. Numbers. —A man fkilled in war; as, 
Marlborough was a great captain ; the commander of a 
■company in a regiment: 
The grim captain, in a furl'y tone, 
Cries out, Pack up, ye rafeals, and be gone ! Drydcn. 
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The chief commander of a (hip.—The Rhodian captain, 
relying on his knowledge, and the lightnefs of his veffel, 
palled, in open day, through all the guards. Arbulhnol .—■ 
It was anciently written capilain: 
And evermore their cruel capilain 
Sought with his rafcal routs t’enclofc them round. Spenfrr. 
Captain General. The general or commander-in- 
chief of an army. 
Captain Lieutenant. The commanding officer of 
the colonel’s troop or company, in every regiment. He 
commands as youngeft captain. For the refpeftive ap¬ 
pointments and profeffionai duties of thefe, and other of¬ 
ficers, fee the articles Military and Naval Tactics. 
CAP'TAINRY, J. The power over a certain diftrkft; 
the chieftainfhip.—There fhould be no rewards taken for 
captainries of counties, no lhares of bifhopi'ics for nominat¬ 
ing of bifhops. Spenfer. 
CAP'TAINSHIP, f. The condition or poll of a chief 
commander: 
Therefore fo pleafe thee to return with us, 
And of our Athens, thine and ours, to take 
The captainjkip. Shahefpeare. 
The rank, quality, or poft, of a captain,—The lieutenant 
of the colonel's company might well pretend to the next 
vacant captainjbip in the fame regiment. Wotton.- - The chief-, 
tainlhip of a clan, or government of a certain diftriil.— 
To diminifh the Irifli lords, he did abolifh their pretended 
and ufurped captain/hips. Davies. —Skill in the military 
trade. 
CAPTA'TION, f. [capto , Lat.] The praftice of catch¬ 
ing favour or applaufe; courtlhip; flattery.—I am content 
my heart fhould be difeovered, without any of thole 
drefles, or popular captations, which fome men ufe in their 
fpeeches. King Charles. 
CAP'TION, J'. [from capio, Lat. to take.] The a£l of 
taking any perfon by a judicial procefs. In law, it de¬ 
notes that part of a legal inftrument, as a commiffion, in- 
diftment, See. which ihows where, when, and by what 
authority, the caption is taken, found, or executed. Thus, 
when a commiffion is executed, the commiffioners fublcribe 
their names to a certificate, declaring when an-d where the 
commiffion was executed. Thefe kind of captions relate 
chiefly to bufinefs of three kinds, i. e. to commiffions to 
take fines of lands, to take anfwers in chancery, and the 
depofitions of witnefles. 
CAP'TIEUX, a town of France, in the department of 
the Gironde, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift 
of Bazas : three leagues fouth of Bazas. 
CAP'TIOUS, adj. \captieux, Fr. captiofus, Lat.] Given 
to cavils ; eager to object.—If he fhew a forwardnefs to be 
reafoning about things, take care that nobody check this 
inclination, or miflead it by captious or fallacious ways of 
talking. Locke. —Infidious ; enfnaring.—She taught him 
likewile how to avoid fundry captious and tempting quef- 
tions, which were like to be afked of him. Bacon. 
CAP'TIOUSLY, adv. In a captious manner; with an 
inclination to objeft.—Ufe your words as captioujly as you 
can, in your arguing on one fide, and apply diftindtions on 
the other. Locke. 
CAP'TIOUSNESS, J. Inclination to find fault; incli¬ 
nation to objefl; peevifhnefs.— CaptioufncJ's is a fault op- 
polite to civility ; it often produces mifbecoming and pro-. 
voking expreffions and carriage. Locke. 
CAPTI'VANCE, f. Captivity.—The whole difeourfe 
of his captivancs fad. Spenjcr. 
To CA'PTIVATE, v. a. [captiver, Fr. captive, Lat.] 
To take prifoner ; to bring into bondage.—He deferves to 
be a Have, that is content to have the rational fovereignty 
of his foul, and the liberty of his will, fo captivated. King 
Charles. 
Thou haft by tyranny thefe many years 
Wafted our country, flain our citizens, 
And lent our Ions and.hulbands captivate. Shakcfpeare. 
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