Part 1622

<hw>Ca*poch"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Capoches</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. Sp. <ets>capucho</ets>, It. <ets>cappucio</ets>, F. <ets>Capuce</ets>, <ets>capuchon</ets>, LL. <ets>caputium</ets>, fr. <ets>capa</ets> cloak. See <ets>Cap</ets>.]</ety> <def>A hood; especialy, the hood attached to the gown of a monk.</def>

<h1>Capoch</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*poch"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Capoched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind.</def>

<i>Hudibras.</i>

<h1>Capon</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca"pon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>capon</ets>, <ets>chapoun</ets>, AS. <ets>cap<?/n</ets> (cf. F. <ets>chapon</ets>), L. <ets>capo</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ akin to <?/ to cut, OSlav. <ets>skopiti</ets> to casrate. CF. <er>Comma</er>.]</ety> <def>A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The merry thought of a <b>capon</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Capon</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca"pon</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To castrate; to make a capon of.</def>

<h1>Caponet</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca"pon*et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A young capon.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Caponiere</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap`o*niere"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>caponni\'8are</ets>, fr. Sp. <ets>caponera</ets>, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. <ets>capponiera</ets>. See <er>Capon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.</def>

<h1>Caponize</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca"pon*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To castrate, as a fowl.</def>

<h1>Capot</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*pot"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.</def>

<i>Hoyle.</i>

<h1>Capot</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*pot"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Capotted</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.</def>

<h1>Capote</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*pote"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>capote</ets> (cf. F. <ets>capote</ets>.), fr. LL. <ets>capa</ets> cape, cloak. See <er>Cap</er>.]</ety> <def>A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood.</def>

<h1>Capouch</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*pouch"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & v. t.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Capoch</er>.</def>

<h1>Cappadine</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap"pa*dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.</def>