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A respectful uncovering of the head. He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. Fuller.

Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations. More capable to discourse of battles than to give them. Motley.

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

the latter in their course through the organ. -- Suprarenal capsule, an organ of unknown function, above or in front of each kidney.

rawing- room car, Sleeping car, Parior caretc. , (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.

Var. of Karakul, a kind of fur.

A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.

A beautiful crystalline compound, SiC, consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive.

ach pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards. -- To have the cards in one's own hands, to have the winning cards; to have the means of success in an undertaking. -- To play one's cards well, to make no errors; to act shrewdly. -…

Of fundamental importance; preëminet; superior; chief; principal. The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne. Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton. But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak. Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, et…

The science which treats of the heart and its functions.

A running; full speed; a rapid course. When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins.

Full of care; anxious; solicitous [Archaic] Be careful [Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing. Phil. iv. 6. The careful plowman doubting stands. Milton.

Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. Fairholt.

A disease of horses, on which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.

A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. Wiseman.

A large draught of liguor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." Sir J. Davies. Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak.

cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. T. Fuller.

A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.

A military pass for a soldier on furlough.