CAPSIZE
Cap*size", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Capsizing.] Etym: [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar,
to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head.]
Defn: To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
But what if carrying sail capsize the boat Byron.
CAPSIZE
Cap"size`, n.
Defn: An upset or overturn.
CAPSQUARE
Cap"*square, n. (Gun.)
Defn: A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place.
CAPSTAN Cap"stan, n. Etym: [F. cabestan, fr. Sp. cabestrante, cabrestante, fr. cabestrar to bind with a halter, fr. cabestrohalter, fr. L. capistrum halter, fr. capere to hold (see Capacious); or perh. the Spanish is fr. L. caper goat + stans, p. pr. of stare to stand; cf. F. chèvre she-goat, also a machine for raising heavy weights.]
Defn: A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket. [Sometimes spelt Capstern, but improperly.] Capstan bar, one of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike.. — To pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. — To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets. — To surge the capstan, to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it.
CAPSTONE
Cap"stone`, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; — so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.