Hypertext Webster Gateway: "capon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Capon \Ca"pon\, n. [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. cap?n (cf. F.
chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. ? akin to ? to cut, OSlav. skopiti
to casrate. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Capon \Ca"pon\, v. t.
To castrate; to make a capon of.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
capon
n 1: flesh of a castrated male chicken
2: castrated male chicken
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