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(1):

(n.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.

(2):

(a.) Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.

(3):

(a.) Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

(4):

(n.) A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Capillary'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/capillary.html. 1828.
 
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