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A leap or caper, as in dancing. "With lofty turns and caprioles." Sir J. Davies.

To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body. But what if carrying sail capsize the boat Byron.

wls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. -- To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets. -- To surge the capstan, to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it.

A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.

A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast. He turned to see the carcass of the lion. Judges xiv. 8. This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads. De Foe.

The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.

A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.

ssenger who carries the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.] -- Cash credit, an account with a bank by which a person or house, having given security for repayment, draws at pleasure upon the bank to the extent of an amount agreed upon; -- called also bank…

To direct or turn, as the eyes. How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! Shak.

vote, the governor had the casting voice." B. Trumbull. -- Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.

A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.

mana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.

Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.

the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.

An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3.

Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from a center.

The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.

To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. Thackeray. A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. C. Kingsley.

Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or more of the individual jurors returned. -- Peremptory challenge, a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause. -- Principal challenge, that which the l…

und note and bid me change it. Goldsmith. To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left. -- To change hands, to change owners. -- To change one's tune, to become less confident or boastful. [Colloq.] -- T…