Part 1616

<h1>Capibara</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca`pi*ba"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Capybara</er>.</def>

<h1>Capillaceous</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap`il*la"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capillaceus</ets> hairy, fr. <ets>capillus</ets> hair.]</ety> <def>Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See <er>Capillary</er>.</def>

<h1>Capillaire</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap`il*laire"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>capillaire</ets> maiden-hair; sirop de <ets>capillaire</ets> capillaire; fr. L. herba <ets>capillaris</ets> the maidenhair.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.</def>

<h1>Capillament</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Ca*pil"la*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capillamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>capillus</ets> hair: cf. F. <ets>capillament</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A filament.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.</def>

<h1>Capillariness</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap"il*la*ri*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being capillary.</def>

<h1>Capillarity</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap`il*lar"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>capillarit\'82</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or condition of being capillary.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Capillarity</i> depends upon the relative attaction of the modecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid, and is especially observable in capillary tubes, where it determines the ascent or descent of the liquid above or below the level of the liquid which the tube is dipped; -- hence the name\'3c-- it is especially important in certain plants, to allow flow of water from the roots --\'3e.</note>

<h1>Capillary</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap"il*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capillaris</ets>, fr. <ets>capillus</ets> hair. Cf. <er>Capillaire</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; <as>as, the <ex>capillary</ex> vessels of animals and plants</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; <as>as, <ex>capillary</ex> action</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Capillary attraction</col>, <col>Capillary repulsion</col></mcol>, <cd>the apparent attraction or repulsion between a soild and liquid caused bycapillarity. See <er>Capillarity</er>, and <er>Attraction</er>.</cd> -- <col>Capillarity tubes</col>. <cd>See the <er>Note</er> under <er>Capillarity</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Capillary</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap"il*la*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl., <er>Capillaries</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.</def>

<h1>Capillation</h1> <Xpage=212>

<hw>Cap`il*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capillatie</ets> the hair.]</ety> <def>A capillary blood vessel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Capillature</h1> <Xpage=212>