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Webster 1913 Edition
Capon
Ca′pon
(kā′p’n or kā′pŭn; 277)
, Noun.
 [OE. 
capon
, chapoun
, AS. capūn 
(cf. F. chapon
), L. capo
, fr. Gr. κάπων 
akin to κόπτειν 
to cut, OSlav. skopiti 
to castrate. Cf. Comma
.] 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.
Ca′pon
,Verb.
 T.
 To castrate; to make a capon of. 
Webster 1828 Edition
Capon
CAPON
,Noun.
  CAPON
,Verb.
T.