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Webster 1913 Edition
Cape
Cape
(kāp)
, Noun.
A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
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.
Cape
,Verb.
I.
(Naut.)
To head or point; to keep a course;
as, the ship
. capes
southwest by southWebster 1828 Edition
Cape
CAPE
,Noun.
1.
A head land; properly the head, point or termination of a neck of land, extending some distance into the sea, beyond the common shore, and hence the name is applied to the neck of land itself, indefinitely, as in Cape-Cod, Cape-Horn, Cape of Good Hope. It differs from a promontory in this, that it may be high or low land; but a promontory is a high bold termination of a neck of land.2.
The neck-piece of a cloke or coat.