† caˈpillar, a. Obs.
Also 7 capillare.
[ad. L. capillār-is of or pertaining to hair, f. capillus hair: cf. F. capillaire, 14th c. in Littré.]
Of or pertaining to hairs, hair-like.
1. = capillary 5.
| 1601 Holland Pliny II. 127 No root at all these Capillar hearbes haue. Ibid. 232 Polytricha & Callitrica (both capillare herbs). |
2. = capillary 3.
| 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 22 The cutis..hath many capillar veines in it. 1666 G. Harvey Morb. Angl. x. 96 The chyle..sticks in the Capillar veins. |
3. = capillary 2.
| 1638 A. Read Chirurg. xxii. 162 If the chink [in fractured skull] be only capillar, and hard to be seene..the Chirurgeon may be excused. 1693 Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. I. 7 All the Capillar Roots must be taken away. |