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Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. "Capitolian Jove." Macaulay. Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth…

See Capitulum.

A member of a chapter. The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. Ayliffe.

In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. Sterne.

A capitular.

up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree. [Obs.] There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary. Heylin. There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate. Trench.

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

One who capitulates.

A summary. [Obs.]

d of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat. Gray.

A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.

See Capel.

See Capelin.

The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. Wright.

Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.

A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar. Watts.

A sort of bar or movable nut, attached to the finger board of a guitar or other fretted instrument for the purpose of raising uniformly the pitch of all the strings.

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.

A hood; especialy, the hood attached to the gown of a monk.

d; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. Shak. The merry thought of a capon. W. Irving.