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Capital :: Capital (a.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a..

Guicowar :: Guicowar (n.) [Mahratta g/ekw/r, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country..

Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

Capital :: Capital (n.) Of or pertaining to the head.

Parisian :: Parisian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Paris, the capital of France..

Anta :: Anta (n.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base..

Majuscule :: Majuscule (n.) A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae..

Plant :: Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring..

Capitalness :: Capitalness (n.) The quality of being capital; preeminence.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple..

Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock..

W :: W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

City :: City (n.) A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see..

Capital :: Capital (n.) First in importance; chief; principal.

Majusculae :: Majusculae (n. pl.) Capital letters, as found in manuscripts of the sixth century and earlier..

Withdraw :: Withdraw (v. t.) To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like..

Foliage :: Foliage (n.) A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc..

Capitalize :: Capitalize (v. t.) To convert into capital, or to use as capital..

Echinus :: Echinus (n.) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature..

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