This is only what we sailors call a capful of wind. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle] Reference

You put a capful of the chlorine solution into ten liters of water.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2005] Reference

Did he stuff his pockets with it? did he carry it away by the capful?.    From Wordnik.com.  [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878] Reference

With virtually uncontrollable hands I poured him a capful of the dark rum.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vatican Rip]

'You will go on the cliffs, but there will be a capful of wind at ebb tide.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference

We had about 3/4 cup apple sauce, so added some sugar and a capful of canola oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apple Spice Vegan Wafffles | Baking Bites] Reference

“Put a little iron it it,” I said, and tipped a capful of whiskey into her coffee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lost Get-Back Boogie] Reference

The only way I can dilute the dharma is by adding one less capful of soap to a full load.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shambhala SunSpace » Karen Maezen Miller – The Laundry Line] Reference

They also got what water they could and stored it in a cask, and Bob picked a capful of berries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob the Castaway] Reference

People just needs to add one capful of disinfectant to each water-filled jug and wait 20 minutes.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But he returned to camp without having fired a shot, and with only a capful of thimbleberries as spoil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kiddie the Scout] Reference

I use 1.5 or 2 oz of gin sometimes vodka and a capful of vermouth, using the cap from the vermouth bottle.    From Wordnik.com.  [People are drinking way too much. Blame Crate & Barrell.] Reference

Always wash, then soak in water containing 8 drops of iodine solution or 1 capful of bleach, for 30 minutes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexico FAQs: Food and water] Reference

When someone wanted to get away in the seventies, they might've soaked in a warm bath with a capful of Calgon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welcome to Miami] Reference

We should have left Whitestone right away, but the wind had died out and there wasn't a capful of air stirring.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Pirate of Parts] Reference

A minute later she dropped her robe, dumped a capful of bath oil in the tub, and lowered herself into the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Authority]

Large amounts of peroxide could damage the rug backing, so begin with one capful at a time and continue blotting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: How do I deal with red wine spilled on my favorite wool rug?] Reference

I used a capful of soy sauce instead of the fish sauce though, and added a dash or two of curry when frying the squash.    From Wordnik.com.  [Backdated Bento #64&65(&66) – One, two, bee « Were rabbits] Reference

· Try keeping a bowl of cool black tea or vinegar water (one capful of vinegar in one quart of water) next to the sink.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 31] Reference

Your last step is to blot the area with another clean cloth/towel and a capful of hydrogen peroxide until the stain is lifted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: How do I deal with red wine spilled on my favorite wool rug?] Reference

You don't necessarily need to use the full capful advised on the bottle of laundry soap, neither do you need to be too stingy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-04-01] Reference

Some more information, in case you are curious -- the amount that people take is about the size of a capful from a water bottle.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2005] Reference

In the laundry room she opens the washing machine, drops a capful of detergent inside, spilling some of the syrupy blue on her hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spin Cycle] Reference

When the kids were small and prone to ear infections, the doc told me to pour a capful of rubbing alcohol in their ears after swimming.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under The Weather « Fairegarden] Reference

He was always seasick whenever we had a capful of wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Selected Stories of Bret Harte] Reference

I suppose Anne never caught a capful of wind from that quarter? '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trumpet-Major] Reference

Using the board as a spade he scooped out a capful of coins -- gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blacksheep! Blacksheep!] Reference

"And do you" cried I, "call such a violent storm a capful of wind?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)] Reference

What's the proudest on 'em, when it comes to blow half a capful of wind?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman] Reference

An October day, with waves running in blue-white lines and a capful of wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Men, Women and Ghosts] Reference

His idea of a stiff drink was half a capful of Cutty Sark in a tall glass of water.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Read] Reference

A capful was stirring now, and humanity -- ever discontented -- silently cursed that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Happy End] Reference

Half a capful is perfectly sufficient for me, and it might be just enough for you, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [doggdot.us] Reference

He declared that it was a mere "capful of wind," and would be all the better for the purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp] Reference

Gathering a capful, he returned at once to where his companions in misfortune were hard at work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco] Reference