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. ,I.! \

hrnr' . The el:ltharis ufto in ma!(i,lg blil!ering

pl.llel:s,

r¡nkcrl under" uilben t

g~nus,

viz.

the

.~rrlnr.

See

~! ELllE.

CA \1'1'lC'LES, a e,noniea! bunk of the Old Tcf!lmenl.

TheTalmudil!! aCcribe it In Hczeki,h, bUI the brn–

e,! :lrl' agran Ihat king Solumon \Vas

rh~

audlOr of ir ;

.nJ his ndOle i3 prefi mi ro il in rhe ¡itle of rhe

H~bl'ew

re~r,

ano of rhe aneienr Greek verlion.

C.\\1TO, in mufle, rhe rrcble, or ar leal! the higher

P"" of a picee.

Thi¡ II'llrd more properly Ggnifies Ihe ndl treble,

"nkls Ihe woru

fi'cundo,

for rhe f<cond, or

ripieno,

ti'r Ihe treble of rhe grand ehoru" be auded,

C:\ NTON, in

~~ography,

denore, a fmall eountry, or

dinria , eonllituling a Ji!linél governmenr: fueh are

ri,e eanrons uf Swilzerlanu.

CAN' oNis alfo rhe name of a large, populous, and

we:':rhy eily anu porr·rowo of China, filuareu on rhe

rirlr Ta, abour lifly mdes from Ihe Indi,n oetan:

E. long.

11 2030',

N. lal.

23 ° 2(

Ir is a fOl ritieJ pilO<, wilhin

rh~

\Valls of whieh no

Chrilliansarepermitted roenrer, norwirhllandlng dlelr

a:W

trade thilher; ir belng from rhenee rhar rhey

impl1rt all manner of Chindé goons, as ehina-ware,

tea, eabinm, r,W ,nJ wlunghr filks, gold-dull,

Oc,

C/INTON fNG, in rhe mdiwy art, is rhe allotting

,liUina and fdpuare quarrers

eaeh regimenr of ao

."ny; lhe rown where rhey are qu.mered, beiog

divioed inro fo many eanrons, ór oi\'ifions, as rhere

arlo! reginlents.

\NTR.ED,

or CANTREF, Ggnifies an hundred villa–

ges,

~,ing

a Bririlh word, eompounded of the adjee–

til'e

canl,

i. e. hunJred, and

tre[,

tolVO

ur village.

In \Vales, fome of Ihe eountries are di\'ided ioto cao·

treJs, as in England inro hundreos.

C.\NVAS, in commeree, a I'ery clear unbleached clorh

01' hemp, or flax, 1V0\'e very I'egularlyin littlefquares.

is ufeo for working tapeflry IVirh rhe needle, by

pafling rhe rhreads of gold, Glm, Glk, or IVool,

rhrough lhe inrervals or IquMes.

CANI',' S is alfo a eoarfe clorh of hemp, unbleaehed,

fomewhar clear, IVhieh ferves

eover IVomens Hays,

alfo ro Iliffen mens cloalhs, and ro make fome olher

of lheir IVearing.apparel,

&c.

CANV.H is alfo a I'ery eoarfe clOlh made of hemp, un–

blcachtd, ferving ro make rowels, ano anflVering

ther dc,mellie purpofes.

is alfo ufed ro make f.ils

fur lhipping,

6(.

CAN VAS is ufed amoog lhe Freneh, for rhe model and

firll words, where an air or piece of mufie is eompu–

fen, and given

a poer ro regulare anO(¡nilh.

CAJ\:\TUS, in o1Oirl>ology, rhe rrivial name of a fpe–

eies

ofrrin~a.

See TRISGA.

C.\\1Z0NE, in muGe, fignilies, in general, a fong

here fome lirrlc figu res are introduceo: Bur ir is

fomerim~s

ureo for a fon of Iralian poem, ufu.lly

pretty loog, ro which mufie

may

be compofed in rhe

fiyle of a canrm, If rhis rerm be adocd

a pieee

of inHrumcntal muGe, ir fignifies mueh Ihe fame as

r.aorara: If plJeed in

any

pan of a fonara, il implies

tI:e folme meaoiog as

a/l,!:r.,

aod ooly denores lhar

A P

rhe pm to \\'I",h il is prefixeo, is to be

play~d

fung in a brifl< and li" lymanner.

C!INZONETIA, a

diminuriv~

of eaozone, denoling a

lit1l~

Ihort fong : Theeanzonette neapolirane have l\Vu

ílrains, eaeh whereor is fung tlViee over, as rhe va11-

devilb of rhe French: The eanzoome fi ciliane are a

fpeeies of jiJg, rhe meafure whereof is ufually tlVcll'e

eighrs, and fix eighrs, aod fometimes borh, as ron–

deaus.

CAP, a part of drefs made to eover lhe head,

mueh in tite figure thereof.

The ufe of eaps and hm is referred to rhe year

t449, the firfl feeu io th& pms of

th~

\Vorld being

ar rhe enrry of

Charl~s

VII. inro Rouen: from rhar

time rhey began

rake place of rhe hoods, or cha–

peroons, rhar had been ufed rill rhen. When lhe cap

was of velvet, rhey ealled ir monier; when of IVoo'l,

fimply bonnel. None bur kings, prinees, and knighr"

were allolVcd rhe ufe of rhe monier. The cap \Vas

rhe head·dreC.s of rhe clergy and graduales: Chureh–

m~n

and members of univerfilies, Ituoenrs in lalV, phy·

lic,

6c.

as \Vell as graduates,

IVear

fquare eaps "

mol! uni\'erfiries. Duélors are dillingcllhed by pecu·

liar eaps, given rhem in alrumir.g the doaorate. 1'af–

quier fays, rhal rhe giving rhe cap to fludenrs in rhe

univerfiries, IVas ro denore titar tlley had aequired fu I!

lireny,

~nd

IVere oo longer fubjeél to rhe rod of rheir

fupaiors, in imirarion of rhe aneient Romans, who

gal'e a pileus or cap to Iheir

O.ll'

eS, in Ihe eeremony

01 making rhem free. The cap is alfo ufed as a mark

of infamy in [¡aly. The Jews are di!linguilhed by a

yeJlowcapar Lueea, and by an orangeone in France.

CAP

q(mailllma/lce,

one of lhe regali., or o1OamenlS

of Ilare belonging

rhe kings of England, before

whom ir IVas earried at rhe eoronarion, and orher grear

folemoiries. Caps of m.inrenanee are alfo earried be–

fore rhe mayors of the feveral ciries in England.

CAPE, in ge0ciraphy, aOhigh land running out Wilh a

poinr, into rhe fea, as Cape-Nord, Cape· Horn, rhe

Cape of Good.Hope,

&c.

CAPE

ofG&&d- Hope.

See GocD·HoPE.

CAPE·coajl·cajllr,

rhe pripeip,1 Bririlh tOrt anel fenle–

menr on Ihe golcl.eoafl of Guinea, firuared under rhe

mericlian of London, in 5° N.lar.

CAPELLA, io aílronomy, a brighr nxed llar in the

lefl fhoulder of the eonflellarion auriga.

CAPER, in botany. See CAPPARIS.

CAPERQ!!IN, a rown of [reland, in rhe eounty of

Warerford, and prol'inee of Munfler, firuared on lhe

river Dlaekwarer : W. long. 7° 50', and N. lar.

51° 5'·

CAPHAR, a dury whieh rhe T urks raife on the Chri–

flians, who carry or l'end merehandifes from AlepllO

Jerufal~m,

and orher plam in Sy"a.

This dllly of eaphar was nrft impub l by rhe Chri–

{linns rheOlfdves, when rhey "'ere in puffcllion of Ihe

Huly IAnd , for rhe maintenanee of the rroops, which

W('re planted in oifli eulr pafles, ro obfave Ihe

rabs,

and prevenr rheir incurlinns.

is Ildl continuecl, and

muelt incrcafed by the l'urks, unJer prerenee uf oc–

fenJ ing rhe Chriaians againtl rhe Arabs, \\'irh wllOm,

nel'er-