CPage 68
- English Word Canzone Definition A song or air for one or more voices, of Provencal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.
- English Word Canzone Definition An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.
- English Word Canzonet Definition A short song, in one or more parts.
- English Word Caon Definition A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.
- English Word Caoutchin Definition An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
- English Word Caoutchouc Definition A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization.
- English Word Caoutchoucin Definition See Caoutchin.
- English Word Cap Definition A covering for the head
- English Word Cap Definition One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys
- English Word Cap Definition One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants
- English Word Cap Definition One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
- English Word Cap Definition The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
- English Word Cap Definition A respectful uncovering of the head.
- English Word Cap Definition The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
- English Word Cap Definition Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use
- English Word Cap Definition The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
- English Word Cap Definition Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
- English Word Cap Definition A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
- English Word Cap Definition A percussion cap. See under Percussion.
- English Word Cap Definition The removable cover of a journal box.