CAPUT

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

2.
n.

The top or superior part of a thing.

3.
n.

The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Your caputs and heads of colleges. Lamb. Caput mortuum (. Etym: [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.


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