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57 carcajou
capilla [Sp], chapel.
capillaire [Fr], maidenhair fern; also, a syrup made from maidenhair,
flavored with orange-flower water.
capo [It], head; beginning. —capo d'anno, New Year's Day. —capo
d'opera, masterpiece. —capo grasso, cervello magro, fat head, lean
brains. —capo ha cosa fatta, "the deed once done, there is an end":
Dante (tr. by Carey), —capo di tutti capi, chief of chiefs: mafia. See
also DA CAPO.
caporal [Fr], corporal; also, French shag tobacco. —caporal postiche,
acting corporal: mil. —le petit caporal, the little corporal, an affectionate
nickname of Napoleon.
caporal [Sp], an overseer, esp. of laborers: Sp. Am. fcf southwestern U.S.
capotaste) [It], the bar or movable knob on the neck of a guitar, to
regulate the pitch.
capote [Fr], large hooded cloak or overcoat; soldier's greatcoat; also, a
woman's mantle.
câpre [Fr], caper, a shrub, the flower buds (câpres) of which are used
for pickling.
capriccio [It], caper; fancy; freak; music, a caprice.
capriccioso [It], in a free, fantastic style: music.
captantes capti sumus [L], we catchers have been caught; the biter is
bitten.
captatio benevolentiae [L], a reaching after (or currying of) favor.
captus nidore culinae [L], caught (or captivated) by the aroma of the
kitchen: Juvenal j(adapted).
capuce or capuchon [Fr], hood; cowl.
caput [L; pi. capita], head, —caput inter nubila (condo), amid the
clouds (I hide) my head: Virgil (said of fame). —caput lupinum, lit.,
wolfs head; an outlaw (i.e., a man who may be hunted down like a
wild beast). —caput mortuum, lit., dead head; the residuum after
chemical analysis; worthless residue.
caquet [Fr], cackle, as of geese; gabble; tittle-tattle. —caquet bon bec,
dame prattler; magpie; gossip.
caquetrie [Fr], cackling; gossiping.
carabao [PI Sp, fr. Mal karbau], water buffalo: P.I.
caracoler [Fr], to prance; caracole.
caractères bloqués [Fr], turned letters: typog.
¡caramba! [Sp], an exclamation denoting admiration or annoyance.
carapo [Sp], a South American eel.
cara sposa [It], dear wife.
caravanserai [Hind & Pers], stopping place for caravans; caravansary.
carbonaro [It; pi. carbonari], charcoal burner. —Carbonari, members
of a secret anti-Austrian political organization, established in Italy in
the 19th century.
carcajou [Can Fr], wolverine; also, American badger.