<blockquote>With special <b>capitulation</b> that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.</def>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.</def>
<h1>Capitulator</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw>Ca*pit"u*la`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL.]</ety> <def>One who capitulates.</def>
<h1>Capitule</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw>Cap"i*tule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capitulum</ets> small head, chapter.]</ety> <def>A summary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Capitulum</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw>Ca*pit"u*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <er>Capitula</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[L., a small head.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.</def>
<i>Gray.</i>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A knobike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. <note>[See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Artiodactyla</er>.]</note></def>
<h1>Capivi</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw>Ca*pi"vi</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Copaiba</er>.]</ety> <def>A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See <er>Copaiba</er>.</def>
<h1>Caple</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw>Ca"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Capel</er>.</def>
<h1>Caplin</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw>Cap"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Capelin</er>.</def>
<h1>Caplin, Capling</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw><hw>Cap"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cap"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel.</def>
<i>Wright.</i>
<h1>Capnomancy</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw>Cap"no*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ smoke + <ets>mancy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>capnomancie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.</def>
<h1>Capnomor</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw>Cap"no*mor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ smoke + <?/, equiv. to <?/ part.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar.</def>
<i>Watts.</i>
<h1>Capoc</h1> <Xpage=214>
<hw>Ca*poc"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malay <ets>k\'bepoq</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sort of cotton so short and fine thet it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.</def>
<h1>Capoch</h1> <Xpage=214>
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