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Caput \Ca"put\ (k[=a]"p[u^]t), n.; pl. {Capita}
(k[a^]p"[i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.]
1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or
capitulum.
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2. The top or superior part of a thing.
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3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of
Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
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Your caputs and heads of colleges. --Lamb.
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{Caput mortuum}. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum
after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless
residue.
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