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The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. [Improperly so used.] Gwilt.

That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.

ned as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser.

In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.

The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. G. Francis.

ne fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.

ruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. Macaulay. The influence of capital and mere brute labor. Playfair.

munication, degradation, penance, etc. -- Canonical sins (Anc. Church.), those for which capital punishment or puplic penance decreed by the canon was inflicted, as idolatry, murder, adultery, heresy.

In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to suport the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian.

A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. Ex. xxxvi. 38.

A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.

il; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city. Blackstone When Gorges constituted York a city…

The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.

oof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.

is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.

, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. -- Coöperative store, a store established by a coöperative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses.

That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute. Gwilt.

h occasion crime. [Obs.] The tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall. Spenser. Capital crime, a crime punishable with death.

to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.