01 n. A covering for the head
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1.
A covering for the head
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2.
The top, or uppermost part; the chief.“Thou art the cap of all the fools alive.” — Shak.
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3.
A respectful uncovering of the head.“He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.” — Fuller.
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4.
The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.(Zool.)
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5.
Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use(Arch.)
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6.
A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.
Phrases & compounds
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 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 kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap, and legal cap.
Cap rock —
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.
To set one's cap for —
to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage.