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   Cape of Good Hope
         n 1: a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape
               Town)
         2: a province of western South Africa

English Dictionary: Cape Passero by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cape of Good Hope Province
n
  1. a former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 1814; in 1994 it was split into three new provinces of South Africa
    Synonym(s): Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope Province, Cape Colony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cape Passero
n
  1. a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily
    Synonym(s): Cape Passero, Passero Cape
  2. a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719)
    Synonym(s): Passero, Cape Passero
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chief of staff
n
  1. the senior officer of a service of the armed forces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chief of state
n
  1. the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
    Synonym(s): head of state, chief of state
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
copybook
n
  1. a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cubeb cigarette
n
  1. a cigarette containing cubeb [syn: cubeb, {cubeb cigarette}]
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]:
   Cape \Cape\ (k[amac]p), n. [F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr.
      L. caput heat, end, point. See {Chief}.]
      A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast
      into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
  
      {Cape buffalo} (Zo[94]l.) a large and powerful buffalo of
            South Africa ({Bubalus Caffer}). It is said to be the most
            dangerous wild beast of Africa. See {Buffalo}, 2.
  
      {Cape jasmine}, {Cape jassamine}. See {Jasmine}.
  
      {Cape pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a petrel ({Daptium Capense}) common
            off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a
            pigeon.
  
      {Cape wine}, wine made in South Africa [Eng.]
  
      {The Cape}, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of
            southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and,
            in New England, of Cape Cod.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coffee \Cof"fee\ (?; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine,
      coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. {Caf[82]}.]
      1. The [bd]beans[b8] or [bd]berries[b8] (pyrenes) obtained
            from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus
            {Coffea}, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other
            warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical
            America.
  
      2. The coffee tree.
  
      Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as,
               {Coffea Arabica}, {C. occidentalis}, and {C. Liberica}.
               The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the
               root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple
               cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing
               two pyrenes, commercially called [bd]beans[b8] or
               [bd]berries[b8].
  
      3. The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
  
                     They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . .
                     This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and
                     helpeth digestion.                              --Bacon.
  
      Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into
               England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in
               Oxford and London.
  
      {Coffee bug} (Zo[94]l.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium
            coff[91]a}), often very injurious to the coffee tree.
  
      {Coffee rat} (Zo[94]l.) See {Musang}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Copy \Cop"y\ (k[ocr]p"[ycr]), n.; pl. {Copies} (-[icr]z). [F.
      copie, fr. L. copia abundance, number, LL. also, a
      transcript; co- + the root of opes riches. See {Opulent}, and
      cf. {Copious}.]
      1. An abundance or plenty of anything. [Obs.]
  
                     She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to
                     serve his humor thus.                        --B. Jonson.
  
      2. An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original
            work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or
            a statue.
  
                     I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the
                     original.                                          --Denham.
  
      3. An individual book, or a single set of books containing
            the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of
            the works of Addison.
  
      4. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced;
            a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an
            excellent copy for imitation.
  
                     Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the
                     letters.                                             --Holder.
  
      5. (print.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in
            type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
  
      6. A writing paper of a particular size. Same as {Bastard}.
            See under {Paper}.
  
      7. Copyhold; tenure; lease. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Copy book}, a book in which copies are written or printed
            for learners to imitate.
  
      {Examined copies} (Law), those which have been compared with
            the originals.
  
      {Exemplified copies}, those which are attested under seal of
            a court.
  
      {Certified [or] Office} {copies}, those which are made or
            attested by officers having charge of the originals, and
            authorized to give copies officially. --Abbot.
  
      Syn: Imitation; transcript; duplicate; counterfeit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cubebic \Cu*beb"ic\ (k?-b?b"?k), a.
      Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (a
      soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs).

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   cobweb site n.   A World Wide Web Site that hasn't been updated
   so long it has figuratively grown cobwebs.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   cobweb site
  
      A {World-Wide Web} site that hasn't
      been updated for a long time.   A dead {web page}.
  
      (1997-04-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   copybook
  
      (Or "copy member", "copy module") A
      common piece of {source code} designed to be copied into many
      source programs, used mainly in {IBM} {DOS} {mainframe}
      programming.
  
      In {mainframe} {DOS} (DOS/VS, DOS/{VSE}, etc.), the copybook
      was stored as a "book" in a {source} library.   A library was
      comprised of "books", prefixed with a letter designating the
      language, e.g., A.name for Assembler, C.name for Cobol, etc.,
      because {DOS} didn't support multiple libraries, private
      libraries, or anything.   This term is commonly used by {COBOL}
      programmers but is supported by most {mainframe} languages.
      The {IBM} {OS} series did not use the term "copybook", instead
      it referred to such files as "libraries" implemented as
      "partitioned data sets" or {PDS}.
  
      Copybooks are functionally equivalent to {C} and {C++}
      {include} files.
  
      (1997-07-31)
  
  
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