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

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

See Capelin.

nland, 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.

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

To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse. [Obs.] Birch.

One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances. The nimble capperer on the cord. Dryden.

The common recoil escapement.

A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum.

The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.