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- English Word Capcase Definition A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.
- English Word Cape Definition A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
- English Word Cape Definition To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.
- English Word Cape Definition A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak.
- English Word Cape Definition To gape.
- English Word Capel Definition Alt. of Caple
- English Word Capel Definition A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
- English Word Capelan Definition See Capelin.
- English Word Capelin Definition A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.
- English Word Capella Definition A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.
- English Word Capellane Definition The curate of a chapel; a chaplain.
- English Word Capelle Definition The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.
- English Word Capellet Definition A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.
- English Word Capellmeister Definition The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choir-master.
- English Word Caper Definition To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
- English Word Caper Definition A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
- English Word Caper Definition A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.
- English Word Caper Definition The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.
- English Word Caper Definition A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.
- English Word Caper bush Definition Alt. of Caper tree