Cap

(kup.) [From L. caput, the head.] Apart of dre made to cover the head. The use of caps and hats is referred to the year 1449, the first seen in Europe being at the entry of Charles VII. into Rouen; from that time they began to take the place of hoods or chaperons. -(Arch.) The uppermost of any a emblage of principal or subordinate parts. Also, the mouldings which form the head of a pier or pilaster.-(Shipbuilding.) A square pic ce of timber which is placed over the head of am ast, to secure it to the lower part of the spar next above it.-(Bot.) The pileus, or top of a fungus, generally bonnet-shaped.-(Her.) Cap of Maintenance. The cap of state carried before the English monarchs at the ceremony of coronation.-Cap-à-pie, from head to foot. (kü-pas'e-te.) [L. capacitas.] In a general sense, the power of containing or holding.-(Geom.) The solid contents of a body.-(Chem.) That quality of bodies by which, according to some theorists, they absorb and contain heat, which was considered by them an imponderable fluid. (kah-păre-zünd.) [From Sp. caparazon, ac over.] (Her.) Denoting the figure of a war-horse clothed and equipped for the field. (kāp.) [From L. caput, head.] (Geog.) The extremity of a portion of land projecting into the sea beyond the general line of shore. Ann, (kāp-,) the E. extremity of E ex co.,Ma achusetts, 31 m. N.E. by E. of Boston; Lat. 42° 38′ 18" Ν., [s. 139]