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Webster 1913 Edition

Cap

Cap

(kăp)
,
Noun.
[OE.
cappe
, AS.
cæppe
, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL,
cappa
,
capa
; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: “
Capa
, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.” See 3d
Cape
, and cf. 1st
Cope
.]
1.
A covering for the head
; esp.
(a)
One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys
;
(b)
One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants
;
(c)
One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
2.
The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
Thou art the
cap
of all the fools alive.
Shakespeare
3.
A respectful uncovering of the head.
He that will give a
cap
and make a leg in thanks.
Fuller.
4.
(Zool.)
The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
5.
Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use
; as:
(a)
(Arch.)
The uppermost of any assemblage of parts;
as, the
cap
of column, door, etc.
; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.
(b)
Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.
(c)
(Naut.)
A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.
(d)
A percussion cap. See under
Percussion
.
(e)
(Mech.)
The removable cover of a journal box.
(f)
(Geom.)
A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
6.
A large size of writing paper;
as, flat
cap
; fools
cap
; legal
cap
.
Cap of a cannon
,
a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; – now called an apron.
–
Cap in hand
,
obsequiously; submissively.
–
Cap of liberty
.
See
Liberty cap
, under
Liberty
.
–
Cap of maintenance
,
a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities.
–
Cap money
,
money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox.
–
Cap paper
.
(a)
A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap, and legal cap.
(b)
A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities.
–
Cap rock
(Mining)
,
The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material.
–
Flat cap
,
cap See
Foolscap
.
–
Forage cap
,
the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier.
–
Legal cap
,
a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or “narrow edge.”
–
To set one’s cap
,
to make a fool of one.
(Obs.)
Chaucer.
–
To set one's cap for
,
to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage.
[Colloq.]

Cap

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Capped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Capping
.]
1.
To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of;
as, to
cap
a post; to
cap
a gun
.
The bones next the joint are
capped
with a smooth cartilaginous substance.
Derham.
2.
To deprive of cap.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
3.
To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation;
as, to
cap
the climax of absurdity
.
4.
To salute by removing the cap.
[Slang. Eng.]
Tom . . .
capped
the proctor with the profoundest of bows.
Thackeray.
5.
To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to;
as, to
cap
text; to
cap
proverbs
.
Shak.
Now I have him under girdle I'll
cap
verses with him to the end of the chapter.
Dryden.
☞ In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.

Cap

,
Verb.
I.
To uncover the head respectfully.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cap

CAP

,
Noun.
1.
A part of dress made to cover the head.
2.
The ensign of a cardinalate.
3.
The top, or the uppermost; the highest.
Thou art the cap of fools.
4.
A vessel in form of a cap.
5.
An act of respect, made by uncovering the head.
Cap of cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; now called an apron.
Cap of maintenance, an ornament of state, carried before the Kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities.
In ship-building, a cap is a thick strong block of wood, used to confine two masts together, when one is erected at the head of another.

CAP

, VT
1.
To cover the top, or end; to spread over; as, a bone is capped at the joint with a cartilaginous substance.
The cloud-capped towers.
2.
To deprive of the cap, or take off a cap.
To cap verses, is to name alternately verses beginning with a particular letter; to name in opposition or emulation; to name alternately in contest.

Definition 2024

čap

čap

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cap"

Dalmatian

Noun

čap

  1. flock

References

  • 2000, Matteo Giulio Bartoli, Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃâp/
  • Hyphenation: čap

Alternative forms

Noun

čȁp m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ча̏п)

  1. plug, cork, stopper

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish çap), from Armenian չափ ‎(čʿapʿ, “size”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃâp/
  • Hyphenation: čap

Noun

čȁp m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ча̏п)

  1. (military) caliber

Etymology 3

From čȁplja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃap/
  • Hyphenation: čap

Noun

čap f ‎(Cyrillic spelling чап)

  1. heron
Synonyms

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