Part 1626

<hw>Cap"si*cin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Capsicum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.</def>

<h1>Capsicine</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"si*cine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Capsicum</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A valatile alkaloid extracted from <i>Capsicum annuum</i> or from capsicin.</def>

<h1>Capsicum</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"si*cum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>capsa</ets> box, chest.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red of Cayenne pepper of commerce.</def>

<note>&hand; The most important species are <i>Capsicum baccatum</i> or birs pepper. <i>C</i>, <i>annuum</i> or chili pepper, <i>C</i>. <i>frutesens</i> or spur pepper, and <i>C</i>. <i>annuum</i> or Guinea pepeer, which includes the bell pepper and other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery. See <er>Cayenne pepper</er>.</note>

<h1>Capsize</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap*size"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Capsized</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Capsizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>cabecear</ets> to nod, pitch, <ets>capuzar</ets>, <ets>chapuzar</ets>, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. <ets>caput</ets> head.]</ety> <def>To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.</def>

<blockquote>But what if carrying sail <b>capsize</b> the boat? <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Capsize</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"size`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An upset or overturn.</def>

<h1>Capsquare</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"*square</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place.</def>

<h1>Capstan</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"stan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cabestan</ets>, fr. Sp. <ets>cabestrante</ets>, <ets>cabrestante</ets>, fr. <ets>cabestrar</ets> to bind with a halter, fr. <ets>cabestro</ets>halter, fr. L. <ets>capistrum</ets> halter, fr. <ets>capere</ets> to hold (see <er>Capacious</er>); or perh. the Spanish is fr. L. <ets>caper</ets> goat + <ets>stans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>stare</ets> to stand; cf. F. <ets>ch\'8avre</ets> she-goat, also a machine for raising heavy weights.]</ety> <def>A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes spelt <asp>Capstern</asp>, but improperly.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Capstan bar</col>, <cd>one of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike..</cd> -- <col>To pawl the capstan</col>, <cd>to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back.</cd> -- <col>To rig the capstan</col>, <cd>to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets.</cd> -- <col>To surge the capstan</col>, <cd>to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Capstone</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil echinus of the genus <spn>Cannulus</spn>; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.</def>

<h1>Capsular, Capsulary</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw><hw>Cap"su*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cap"su*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>capsulaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsula; hollow and fibrous.</def>

<cs><col>Capsular ligament</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a ligamentous bag or capsule surrounding many movable joints in the skeleton.</cd></cs>

<h1>Capsulate, Capsulated</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw><hw>Cap"su*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cap"su*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box.</def>

<h1>Capsule</h1> <Xpage=215>

<hw>Cap"sule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capsula</ets> a little box or chest, fr. <ets>capsa</ets> chest, case, fr. <ets>capere</ets> to take, contain: cf. F. <ets>capsule</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, <as>as, the <ex>capsule</ex> of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; <as>as, the <ex>capsule</ex> of the lens of the eye</as>. Also, a capsulelike organ.</def>