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Ad captandum
Ad captandum Ad cap*tan"dum [L., for catching.] A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.
Captain
Captain Cap"tain, v. t. To act as captain of; to lead. [R.] Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms. --Lowell.
Captain
Captain Cap"tain, a. Chief; superior. [R.] captain jewes in the carcanet. --Shak.
Captaincy
Captaincy Cap"tain*cy, n.; pl. Captaincies. The rank, post, or commission of a captain. --Washington. Captaincy general, the office, power, territory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).
Captaincy general
Captaincy Cap"tain*cy, n.; pl. Captaincies. The rank, post, or commission of a captain. --Washington. Captaincy general, the office, power, territory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).
Captainry
Captainry Cap"tain*ry, n. [Cf. F. capitainerie.] Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship. [Obs.]
Captainship
Captainship Cap"tain*ship, n. 1. The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander. ``To take the captainship.' --Shak. 2. Military skill; as, to show good captainship.
Captation
Captation Cap*ta`tion, n. [L. captatio, fr. captare to catch, intens. of caper to take: cf. F. captation.] A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction. [Obs.] Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some men use in their speeches. --Eikon Basilike.
Led captain
Led Led (l[e^]d), imp. & p. p. of Lead. Led captain. An obsequious follower or attendant. [Obs.] --Swift. Led horse, a sumpter horse, or a spare horse, that is led along.
Mercaptal
Mercaptal Mer*cap"tal, n. [Mercaptan + aldehyde.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes.
Mercaptan
Mercaptan Mer*cap"tan, n. [F., fr. NL. mercurius mercury + L. captans, p. pr. of captare to seize, v. intens. fr. capere.] (Chem.) Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.
Post-captain
Post-captain Post"-cap`tain, n. A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was ``posted,' in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse.
Sea captain
Sea captain Sea" cap"tain The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.

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