Part 1614

<h1>Capel</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca"pel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornlende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.</def>

<h1>Capelan</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap"e*lan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Capelin</er>.</def>

<h1>Capelin</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cape"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>capelan</ets>, <ets>caplan</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small marine fish (<spn>Mallotus villosus</spn>) of the family <i>Salmonid\'91</i>, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>capelan</asp> and <asp>caplin</asp>.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards <i>anchova</i>, and by the Portuguese <i>capelina</i>.</note>

<i>Fisheries of U. S. (1884).</i>

<h1>Cappeline</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap"pe*line`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. LL. <ets>capella</ets>. See <er>Chapel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.</def>

<h1>Capella</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pel"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a little goet, dim. of <ets>caper</ets> a goat.]</ety> <fld>(Asrton.)</fld> <def>A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.</def>

<h1>Capellane</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap"el*lane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chaplain</er>.]</ety> <def>The curate of a chapel; a chaplain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Capelle</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pel"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.</def>

<h1>Capellet</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap"el*let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>capelet</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>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 dowm.</def>

<h1>Capellmeister</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pell"meis`ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>capelle</ets> chapel, private band of a prince + <ets>meister</ets> a master.]</ety> <def>The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choirmaster.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kepellmeister</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Caper</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Capered</er> <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>capering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From older <ets>capreoll</ets> to caper, cf. F. <ets>se cabrer</ets> to prance; all ultimately fr. L. <ets>caper</ets>, <ets>capra</ets>, goat. See <er>Capriole</er>.]</ety> <def>To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>capers</b>, he dances, he has eyes of youth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Caper</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca"per</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.</def>

<cs><col>To cut a caper</col>, <cd>to frolic; to make a sportive spring; to play a prank.</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>