caplessadj.
/ˈkaplɪs/ Without a cap; having no cap.
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a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) viii. 53 His hoary hair streamed capless.
1891 Daily News 30 July 2/7 He could not have a capless maid to answer the door.
1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods i. ii. 22 A very little old woman, capless, with dirty white hair.
1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. 110 A range of capless fitting flashbulbs.
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capless
capless adj.
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1840 J. Galt Demon of Destiny viii. 53 His hoary hair streamed capless.
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- to set mind at rest
- to set more store or price by
- to set naught or nought by
- to set naught or nought not anything by
- to set naught or nought nothing by
- to set nether
- to set no price, littly at
- to set no store or price by
- to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, at, by, of
- to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, etc at, by, of
- to set not by
- to set off
- to set off one's rest
- to set on
- to set on a seat, a throne, on horseback
- to set on another's back
- to set on at cinque and sice
- to set on cinque and sice
- to set on delay
- to set on edge
- to set on etc legs
- to set on fear
- to set on fire
- to set on gog
- to set on ground