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Show CEAL ‘CTA CAPA'CIOUS. 4. [capar, Lat. Bafs, and tinfel trappings, gorgeous knlghts 1. Wide; large ; able to hold much Some wore a hreaftplate, and a light juppon; Their horfes cloath'd with rich caparifon Dryden's Fables Beneath th® inceffant weeping of thofe drain I fee the rocky fiphons ftretch'd immente The mighty refervoirs of harden'd chal Or fiff compaéted clay, capacious found Thomfons Autumn 2. Extenfive ; equal to much knowledge .+ or great defign Ther are fom a capacious mind feurely perfons of a goo genius an who write and fpeak very obWatts Cara'crousness. . /. [from capacious. The power of holding or receiving largenefs A concave meafure, of known and denominat " capacity, ferves to meafure the capaciou/nefs of an other veflel. In like manner to a given weight th weight of all other bodies may be reduced and f tound out Holder on Time To CaPA'CITATE. v. a. [from capacity. T make capable ; to enable t qua lify. By this inftrution we may be capacitated to obferve thofe errours Dryden _Thefe fort of men were fycophants only, an wer endued with arts of life, to capacitate the .for the converfation of the rich and great Tat/er Cara'city. n f [capacité, Fr. 1. The power of holding or containin any thing. Had our palace the capacit To camp this hoft, we would all fup ‘together Shake[peare Notwithftanding thy capacit Receiveth as the fea, nought enters there Of what vyalidity and pitch foe'er But falls into abatement and low price Shakefpeare's Tavelfth Night For they that moft and greateft things embrace Enlarge thereby their mind's capacity As ftreams enlarg'd, enlarge the channel's fpace Dawies Space, confidered in length, breadth, and thick* mefs, I think, may be called capacity 2, Room ; fpace Locke There remained, in the capacity of the exhaufte " cylinder, ftore of little rooms, or fpaees, empty o devoid of air Boyle . The force or power of the mind No intelleCual creature is able, by capacity, to d that which nature doth without capacity ard knowIedge In fpiritua Hooker natures, fo much as there is of de fire, fo much there is alfo of capacity to receive. do not fay, there is always.a capacity to receive th « wery thing they defire, for that may be impofiible South Arn heroic poem requires the accomplithment o fome extraordinary undertaking; which require the duty of a foldier, and the capacity and prudenc of a general Dryden's Fuwenal, Dedication 4. Power ; ability Since the world's wide frame does not includ A caufe with fuch capacities endued Some other caufe o'er nature muft prefide, Blackm &. State ; condition ; character A miraculous revolution, reducing many fro the head of a triumphant rebellion to their ol condition of mafons, fmiths, and carpenters; that in this capacity, they might repair what, as colonels and captains, they had ruined and defaced South You defire my thoughts as a friend, and not as saember of partiament ; they are the fame in bot capacities Sawift CAPA'RISON. #. f. [caparazon, a grea cloke, Span.} A horfe-clath, or a for of cover for a horfe, which is {pread ove his furniture Farrier's Di Tilting furniture, emblazon'd fhields Imprefles quaint, caparifuts, and freeds P dife Loft Par At jouft and tournament | CarrLra'crous. adj. 'The f o pillary Carl'LLAMENT.B 2. AL /.i [ca i llamg" Cflp Lat.] Thofe fmall threads or hajrs Awhuf':j grow up 1in the middle of a flower an adorne with little herbs at the'm 7o Cara'®1soN. . ¢. [from the noun. 1. To drefs in caparifons are called capillaments Ca'Pirrary. adj. [from mfillu.r? lizg Lat. The fteeds caparifon'd with puxple ftand With golden trappings, glorious to behold And champ betwixt their teeth the foaming gold Dryden you think, thoughIa caparifoned lik hairs on the head; -and which bear thejr feeds' i little tufts or protuberances on the backfide o their leaves Quin Our common hyflop is not the leaft of vegeé, bles, nor obferved to grow upon walls; but rathe fome kind of capillaries, which are very fmall plants and only grow upon walls and ftony places Brown's Vulgar Errours What from the cape can you difcern at fea Pe -Nothing at all; it is a high wrought flood Shakefpeare's Otbello The parting fun Beyond the earth's green cape and verdant ifles Hefperean fets ; my fignal to depart. Paradife Lof} The Romans made war upon the Tarentines and obliged them by treaty not to fail beyond the cape Arbutbnot He was cloathed in a robe of fine black cloth with wide fleeves and cape Bacon CA'PER. n. /. [from caper, Latin, a goat. A'leap; ajump; a fkip ‘We, that are true lovers, run into ftrange capers but-as all is mortal in nature, fo is ail nature i no main ftalk or ftem, but gmwfmth:‘lgl:;snga: Carki. n. f. [cape, Fr. 1. Headland ; promontory 2. The neck-piece of a cloke Capillary ox capillaceous plants, ate a man, I have a doublet and hofe in my difpofition Shakefpeare's As you like it. l 1. Refembling hairs ; fmall ; minute » applied to.plants. . » . 2. Todrefs pompoudly : in a ludicrous fenfe Don' CA z. Applied to veffels.of the body: fmall as the ramifications of the arteries capillar si _of theRuinbodygy. '}‘e arterie fome part as in the brain, are not equal to one hair; and the fmalleft lymphatick vefiels are an hundred time fmaller than the fmalleft capillary avtery Arbuthnot on Aliments CariLLa'rION. 7 /. [from capillus, Lat. Shakefpeare's As you like it " A veffel like a hair; a fmall ramification of veflels Not ufed Flimnap, the treafurer, is allowed to cut a caper on the firait rope, at leaft an inch higher than an Nor is the humour contained in fmaller veins, o obfcurer capillations, but in a veficle love mortal in folly other lord in the whole empire Swift's Gul. Traw Ca'pPeR, n. /. [capparis, Lat. pickle. See CaPER BUSH A aci We invent new fauces and pickles, which refemble the animal ferment in tafte and virtue, a mangoes, olives, and capers Care Floyer on the Humours. BUSsH. n [, [capparis, Lat. The fruit is flefhy, and fhaped like a pear. Thi plant grows in the South of France, in Spain, an in Italy, upon old walls and buildings ; and the bud of the flowers, before they are open, are pickle for eating Miller Z0.Ca'PER. w. 7. [from the noun. 1. To dance frolickfomely len me the money and have at him - Skake[peare's Henry IV 2. To fkip for merriment Our mafte Cap'ring to eye her CA'PITAL. odj. [capitalis, Lat. 1. Relating to the head Needs muft the ferpent now his capital bruif Paradife Lo Esxpec with mortal pain z. Criminal in the higheft degree, o as t touch life Edmund, I arreft the Shakefpeare's King Lear ‘On capital treafon Several cafes deferve - greater punifhment tha many crimes that are capital among us Swift 3. That which affeéls life In capital caufes, wherein but one:man's lifei in queftion, the evidence ought to be cle:ar 5 fnut The truth is, T am only old in judgment ; and h that will caper with me for a thoufand marks, le hi Brown's Vulgar Erraurs more in a judgment upon a war, which is capital t thoufan Baco s Eost 4. Chief ;- principal. :{¥ I will, out of that infinite number, reckon bu " fome that are moft capital, and comm?nly QCCU"C' both in the life and conditions of private men Shakefpeare's Tempeft Spenfer o Irclqna' A cap'ring cheerfulnefs, and made them fin To their own dance . Crafbazv As to fwerve in the leaft points, is errour; dl the capital engmies thereof God hateth, as-hlg dea }; foes, aliens, and, without repentance, children endlefs perdition H"k:; Hisnimble hand's inftinék then taughteach firin The family tript it about, and capered like hailftones bounding from a marble floor Arbuthnot's Fobn Bull 3. To dance : {poken in contempt Th ftage woul need no force, nor fong no dance Nor capering monfieur from aétive France Rowwe A dancer Ca'PERER. 7. /. [from caper. in contempt The tumbler's gambols fome delight afford; Coop'd in a fhip, and tofs'd upon the fea Dryden's Fuw CAPIAS. n f. [Lat.] A writ of twoforts One before judgment, called capias a aio perfonal This had bee Perhaps thy capital feat, from whence had fpre All generations; and had hither come From all the ends of th' earth An reverence thee to c'eleb_rate their great pl?gcl';;‘;‘}% L efl' written at the beginnings or he But thefe are ftill infipid ftyff to thee in a 5. Chief; metropolitan 6. Applied tolettets : large; fuch a;aar No lefs the:nimble caperer on the cord refpondendum They do, in themfelyes, tend to confirm th 4tter5wytruth of a capital article in religion i the fheriff, upon the firft writ of diftrefs return that he has no effeéts in his jurif di&tion. The otherisa writ of executio Cowell after judgment books o Our moft confiderable a&ionsdas'e always prefen 1m eye lik capita letters to an aged a‘I!}a_y‘lor' I%a]}" Itivi"{; \ Th firft is written in capital letters,'wétht‘:; chapters or verfes 7. Capital fock g Grew's ?"f"‘"l"g' 'The principal or Ongi nal ftock of a trader or company Ca'prTaL. 2 [ [from the adJQ&IYC- 1. The upper part of a pilla " |