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From head to foot; at all points. "He was armed cap-a-pie." Prescott.

etrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods. [Written also capercaillie, capercaili.]

er, or section, of a book. [Obs.] Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital. Sir W. Scott.

ing to heads or articles; a formal agreement. With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify. Bp. Burnet.

A sort of cotton so short and fine thet it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.

g pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. Sir W. Scott.

in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel. Prince John caracoled within the lists. Sir W. Scott.

An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back.

A quarter of a crown. [Obs.] The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. Sir W. Scott.

it comes from the carding machine. Carding engine, Carding machine, a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drum covered with wire-toothed cards, revoling nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions, The staple iss…

n a loving or endearing manner; to fondle. The lady caresses the rough bloodhoun. Sir W. Scott.

An old woman. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

To make carnal; to debase to carnality. A sensual and carnalized spirit. John Scott.

A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverle…

aterials for carpets; carpets, in general. The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott.

r, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.

Low, fertile land; a river valley. [Scot.] Jomieson.

; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.] He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott. Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.

inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. Prescott.

A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere. Cashmere shawl, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; -- other called camel's-hair shawl.