ast it is the secondary rank. It
differs from a headland, since a cape may be low. The Cape of Good Hope
is always familiarly known as "The Cape." _Cape_ was also used for a
rhumb-line.

CAPE, TO. To keep a course. How does she cape? how does she lie her
course?

CAPE FLY-AWAY. A cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which
disappears as the ship advances. (_See_ FOG.)

CAPE-HEN. _See_ MOLLY-MAWK.

CAPELLA. The lucida of Auriga, and a nautical star.

CAPE-MERCHANT [_capo_]. An old name for super-cargo in early voyages, as
also the head merchant in a factory.

CAPE-PIGEON, OR CAPE-PETREL. A sea-bird which follows a ship in her
passage round the cape; the _Procellaria capensis_. (_See_ PINTADOS.)

CAPER. A light-armed vessel of the 17th century, used by the Dutch for
privateering.

CAPER CORNER-WAY. Diagonally.

CAPFUL OF WIND. A light flaw, which suddenly careens a vessel and passes
off.

CAPITAL OF A WORK. In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its
most prominent salient angle.

CAPITANA. Formerly the principal galley in a Mediterranean fleet: the
admiral's ship.

CAPITULATION. The conditions on which a subdued force surrenders, agreed
upon between the contending parties.

CAPLIN, OR CAPELIN. A fish of the family _Clupeidae_, 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.

CAP-SHORE. A supp