Capstan

kap's tan, n. an upright machine turned by spokes so as to wind upon a cable which draws something, generally the anchor, on board ship. [Fr cabestan ety. dub Capsular, kap's ul-ar, Capsulary, kap's ul-ar-i, adj. hollow like a capsule pertaining to a capsule. Capsule, kap's nl, «. the seed-ve el of a plant a small dish. [Fr —L capsula dim. of caps a, a case capio to hold,] Captain, kap'tan or kap'tin, n. a head or chief officer, the commander of a troop of horse, a company of infantry, or a ship the overseer of a mine. [0. Fr capitaiu—h. caput, the head Captaincy, kap'tan-si or kap'tm-si, n the rank or commi ion of a captain Caption, kap's hun, n the act of taking: an arrest. |L capi hi-i apio, to take Captious, kaj/shus, adj. ready to catch faults — or take offem e critical peevish adv. Cap'- tiously.— Cautiousne . [Fr.— L capttosus — cap to, to snatch at.]