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A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as Aphyllon uni…

A sofa or divan.

A sofa having a seat at each end at right angles to the main seats.

rance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange.

See Cap-a-pie. Shak.

, extending beyind the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promonotory; a headland. Cape buffalo (Zoöl.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (Bubalus Caffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See Buffalo, 2. -- Cape jasmine, Cape jassamine. See Jasmine. -- Cape pigeon (Zoöl.), a…

A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornlende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

A horse; a nag. [Obs.] Chaucer. Holland.

See Capelin.

land, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also capelan and caplin.]

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.

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