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Webster 1913 Edition
Capon
Ca′pon
(kā′p’n or kā′pŭn; 277)
, Noun.
[OE.
capon
, chapoun
, AS. capūn
(cf. F. chapon
), L. capo
, fr. Gr. κάπων
akin to κόπτειν
to cut, OSlav. skopiti
to castrate. Cf. Comma
.] A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.
Shak.
The merry thought of a
capon
. W. Irving.
Ca′pon
,Verb.
T.
To castrate; to make a capon of.
Webster 1828 Edition
Capon
CAPON
,Noun.
CAPON
,Verb.
T.