CAPON

n. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.

2.
v.

To castrate; to make a capon of.


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