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Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier.

A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculæ. Majuscule writing, writing composed wholly of capital letters, especially the style which prevailed in Europe from the third to the sixth century.

Of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippine Islands; made in, or exported from, that city. Manila cheroot or cigar, a cheroot or cigar made of tobacco grown in the Philippine Islands. -- Manila hemp, a fibrous material obtained from the Musa textilis, a plant allied to the banana, growing in t…

The parsonage; a clergyman's house. [Scot.] Capital manse, the manor house, or lord's court.

. Shak. This happens merely because men will not bide their time, but will insist on precipitating the march of affairs. Buckle.

Anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement. The top and masterpiece of art. South. Dissimulation was his masterpiece. Claredon.

sp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital. Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced women called to determine the question of pregnancy when set up in bar of execution, and for other cognate purposes.

Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.

A two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata) with black and white markings, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widely distributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits, causing them to decay and fall.

us American cities. The duties of those belonging to the order are, to attend lying-in hospitals, to superintend the education of girls, and protect decent women out of employment, to visit prisoners and the sick, and to attend persons condemned to death. -- To be at the mercy of, to be wholly in the power of.…

Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.

A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters. -- a.

A group of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.

t. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions. On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. Shak.

ne cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side. -- Neck of a capital. (Arch.) See Gorgerin. -- Neck of a cascabel (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the base of the breech. -- Neck of a gun, the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle. -- Neck of a tooth (An…

A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital. Weale.

Of or pertaining to a hospital; as, nosocomial atmosphere. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.

The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.

minaries Officious. Milton. They were tolerably well bred, very officious, humane, and hospitable. Burke.