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English Dictionary: cap by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cap
n
  1. a tight-fitting headdress
  2. a top (as for a bottle)
  3. a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive
    Synonym(s): detonator, detonating device, cap
  4. something serving as a cover or protection
  5. a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
    Synonym(s): cap, pileus
  6. a protective covering that is part of a plant
    Synonym(s): hood, cap
  7. an upper limit on what is allowed; "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices"
    Synonym(s): ceiling, roof, cap
  8. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
    Synonym(s): crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap
  9. the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
    Synonym(s): capital, chapiter, cap
v
  1. lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains" [syn: cap, crest]
  2. restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.
      1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
  
                     The temper and regulation of our own minds.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government;
            prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
            direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
            or a school.
  
      {Regulation sword}, {cap}, {uniform}, etc. (Mil.), a sword,
            cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
            the official regulations.
  
      Syn: {Law}; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See
               {Law}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cap \Cap\, n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[91]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL,
      cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of
      Seville mentions it first: [bd]Capa, quia quasi totum capiat
      hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.[b8] See 3d {Cape}, and cf.
      1st {Cope}.]
      1. A covering for the head; esp.
            (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men
                  and boys;
            (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;
            (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office,
                  or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
  
      2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
  
                     Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.
  
      3. A respectful uncovering of the head.
  
                     He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.
                                                                              --Fuller.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the
            base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
  
      5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:
            (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as,
                  the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping,
                  cornice, lintel, or plate.
            (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for
                  protection or ornament.
            (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining
                  spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and
                  the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the
                  end of a rope.
            (d) A percussion cap. See under {Percussion}.
            (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box.
            (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex
                  surface.
  
      6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap;
            legal cap.
  
      {Cap of a cannon}, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep
            the priming dry; -- now called an apron.
  
      {Cap in hand}, obsequiously; submissively.
  
      {Cap of liberty}. See {Liberty cap}, under {Liberty}.
  
      {Cap of maintenance}, a cap of state carried before the kings
            of England at the coronation. It is also carried before
            the mayors of some cities.
  
      {Cap money}, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the
            death of the fox.
  
      {Cap paper}.
            (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap,
                  and legal cap.
            (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold
                  commodities.
  
      {Cap rock} (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore,
            generally of barren vein material.
  
      {Flat cap}, cap See {Foolscap}.
  
      {Forage cap}, the cloth undress head covering of an officer
            of soldier.
  
      {Legal cap}, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use
            of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at
            the top or [bd]narrow edge.[b8]
  
      {To set one's cap}, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.
  
      {To set one's cap for}, to try to win the favor of a man with
            a view to marriage. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cap \Cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Capped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Capping}.]
      1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a
            cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap
            upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.
  
                     The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth
                     cartilaginous substance.                     --Derham.
  
      2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or
            consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.
  
      4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.]
  
                     Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of
                     bows.                                                --Thackeray.
  
      5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to;
            as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. --Shak.
  
                     Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him
                     to the end of the chapter.                  --Dryden.
  
      Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must
               cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of
               the first letter, or with the first letter of the last
               word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any
               other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cap \Cap\, v. i.
      To uncover the head respectfully. --Shak.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CAP
  
      1. {Columbia AppleTalk Package}.
  
      2. {Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation}.
  
      3. {Competitive Access Provider}
  
  
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