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Webster 1913 Edition
Caput
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Ca′put
(kā′pŭt)
, Noun.
pl.
Capita
(kăp′ĭ-tȧ)
. [L., the head.]
1.
(Anat.)
The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
2.
The top or superior part of a thing.
3.
(Eng.)
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
. [L., dead head.]
(Old Chem.)
The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.