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Capillary   /kˈæpəlˌɛri/   Listen
Capillary

noun
(pl. capillaries)
1.
A tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action.  Synonyms: capillary tube, capillary tubing.
2.
Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules.  Synonym: capillary vessel.



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"Capillary" Quotes from Famous Books



... preparations necessary for the due fabrication of eyebrows and lashes, for making the eyes look larger than life, for colouring the cheeks and lips, and whitening the nose and forehead. And especially the manager took pride in the capillary artifices of his establishment, and employed an "artist in hair," who held almost arrogant views of his professional acquirements. "My claim to the grateful remembrance of posterity," this superb coiffeur was wont to observe, "will consist in the fact that ...
— A Book of the Play - Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character • Dutton Cook



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