CAPITULATION. The conditions on which a subdued force surrenders, agreed upon between the contending parties.
CAPLIN, or Capelin. A fish of the family Clupeidæ, very similar to a smelt; frequently imported from Newfoundland dried. It is the general bait for cod-fish there.
CAP'N. The way in which some address the commanders of merchant vessels.
CAPON. A jeering name for the red-herring.
CAPONNIERE. In fortification, a passage across the bottom of the ditch, covered, at the least, by a parapet on each side, and very generally also with a bomb-proof roof, when it may be furnished with many guns, which are of great importance in the defence of a fortress, as the besieger can hardly silence them till he has constructed batteries on the brink of the ditch.
CAPOTE. A good storm-coat with a hood, much worn in the Levant, and made of a special manufacture.
CAPPANUS. The worm which adheres to, and gnaws the bottom of a ship, to prevent which all ships should be sheathed with copper.
CAPPED. A ship making against a race or very strong currents.
CAPRICORNUS. The tenth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 21st of December, and opens the winter solstice.
CAP-SCUTTLE. A framing composed of coamings and head-ledges raised above the deck, with a top which shuts closely over into a rabbet.