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A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.

A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.

The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. [Obs.] Fuller.

The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.

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 dowm.

The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choirmaster. [Written also kepellmeister.]

To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance. He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth. Shak.

See Capper, a plant, 2.

The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.

northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods. [Written also capercaillie, capercaili.]

To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse. [Obs.] Birch.

One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances. The nimble capperer on the cord. Dryden.

As much as will fill a cap. A capful of wind (Naut.), a light puff of wind.

o take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.

See Capybara.

Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.

A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.

A filament. [R.]

The quality of being capillary.

The quality or condition of being capillary.