cape

v. i. (Naut.) To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Gape. ] To gape. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr. L. caput heat, end, point. See Chief. ] A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cape buffalo (Zool.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (Bubalus Caffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See Buffalo, 2. --
Cape jasmine,
Cape jessamine. See Jasmine. --
Cape pigeon (Zool.), a petrel (Daptium Capense) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon. --
Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [ Eng. ] --
The Cape, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of the southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. Cape, fr. F. cape; cf. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. 1st Cope, Chape. ] A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Capelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. capelan, caplan. ] (Zool.) Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the family Salmonidæ, now within the smelt family Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or Mallotus catervarius, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic variety has been used as a bait for the cod. [ Written also capelan and caplin. ] [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

☞ This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. However the anchovy used as a food is a different fish. Fisheries of U. S. (1884). [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

‖n. [ F., fr. LL. capella. See Chapel. ] (Med.) A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., a little goat, dim. of caper a goat. ] (Asrton.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga. [ 1913 Webster ]