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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Capon

/(kā"p'n [or] kā"pŭn; 277)/ · Ca·pon · IPA /ˈkeɪpən/
01 n. A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.
  1. 1.
    A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.
    “The merry thought of a capon.” — W. Irving.
02 v. t. To castrate; to make a capon of.
  1. 1.
    To castrate; to make a capon of.