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5. A metallic seal or cover for closing a
bottle.

6. A small cup or shell, as of metal, for
a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

Atrabiliary capsule. See under
Atrabiliary. -- Glisson's capsule,
a membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the
portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through
the organ. -- Suprarenal capsule, an
organ of unknown function, above or in front of each
kidney.

Cap"tain (kăp"t&ibreve;n),
n. [OE. capitain, captain, OF.
capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It.
capitano), LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L.
caput the head. See under Chief, and cf.
Chieftain.] 1. A head, or chief
officer; as: (a) The military officer
who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank
entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other
service. (b) An officer in the United
States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and
ranking with a colonel in the army. (c)
By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel,
although not having the rank of captain.


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