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Webster 1913 Edition


Capsize

Cap-size′

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Capsized
(#)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Capsizing
.]
[Cf. Sp.
cabecear
to nod, pitch,
capuzar
,
chapuzar
, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L.
caput
head.]
To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
But what if carrying sail
capsize
the boat?
Byron.

Cap′sizeˊ

,
Noun.
An upset or overturn.

Webster 1828 Edition


Capsize

CAPSIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To upset or overturn; a seamans phrase.