||Ca"put (kā"pŭt), n.; pl. Capita (kăp"&ibreve;*t&adot;). [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.
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