caponn.

Brit.

/ˈkeɪpən/,

/ˈkeɪpɒn/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪpɑn/,

/ˈkeɪpən/

Forms: Old English, Middle English capun, Middle English capoun, ( kapoun, chapon), Middle English–1500s capone, Middle English capun(e, ( capvne), capoone, Middle English– capon.

Etymology: Old English capun, < Latin capōn-em in same sense, whence also Old Northern French capun, capon (French chapon, Provençal capon, Spanish capon, Italian cappone), which probably reinforced the English word.

a. A castrated cock.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > castrated or capon

caponc1000

caponet1570

billard1674

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 132 Capo, capun. Gallinaccus, capun.

c1250 Bestiary 390 in Old Eng. Misc. 13 Ðe coc and te capun.

a1300 Floriz & Bl. 260 Bute he also capun beo idiȝt.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 38 For a dozeine chickenes Or as many capones.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xviii. 425 The capon is a cocke made as it were female by keruynge away of his gendringe stones.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 26 He..hadde to fore hym as fatte capone as a man myght fynde.

1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man i. 11 Is made fat with daintie and delicate fare like a capon.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 154 The Iustice, In faire round belly, with good Capon lin'd.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 30 To truck..Justice for fat Capons, to be deliver'd before Dinner.

1842 R. H. Barham Nell Cook!! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 125 On capons fine they daily dine.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi x. 216 Some fine fat capons.

b. Formerly used in payment of rent in kind.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > paid in produce or livestock > specific

rynmart1433

rynmutton1459

capon1495

mart1520

tack-swine1523

reek hen1540

farm meal1547

reek-poultry1585

reek fowl1592

corn-rate1665

wheat-rent?c1682

nowt-geld1688

farm-dish1713

corn-rent1809

pepper-rent1866

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 40 Preamble xl. acres of wood xlti. rent and the rent of L. capons.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccxlvii. 789 They gadered vp the rentes, as Capons, and other thynges in his townes.

c. As a type of dullness, and a term of reproach.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]

asseOE

sotc1000

beastc1225

long-ear?a1300

stock1303

buzzard1377

mis-feelinga1382

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dasiberd14..

dottlec1400

doddypoll1401

dastardc1440

dotterel1440

dullardc1440

wantwit1449

jobardc1475

nollc1475

assheada1500

mulea1500

dull-pate15..

peak1509

dulbert?a1513

doddy-patec1525

noddypolla1529

hammer-head1532

dull-head?1534

capon1542

dolt1543

blockhead1549

cod's head1549

mome1550

grout-head1551

gander1553

skit-brains?1553

blocka1556

calfa1556

tomfool1565

dunce1567

druggard1569

cobble1570

dummel1570

Essex calf1573

jolthead1573

hardhead1576

beetle-head1577

dor-head1577

groutnoll1578

grosshead1580

thickskin1582

noddyship?1589

jobbernowl1592

beetle-brain1593

Dorbel1593

oatmeal-groat1594

loggerhead1595

block-pate1598

cittern-head1598

noddypoop1598

dorbellist1599

numps1599

dor1601

stump1602

ram-head1605

look-like-a-goose1606

ruff1606

clod1607

turf1607

asinego1609

clot-poll1609

doddiea1611

druggle1611

duncecomb1612

ox-head1613

clod-polla1616

dulman1615

jolterhead1620

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dunderwhelpa1625

dunderhead1630

macaroona1631

clod-patea1635

clota1637

dildo1638

clot-pate1640

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clod-head1644

stub1644

simpletonian1652

bottle-head1654

Bœotiana1657

vappe1657

lackwit1668

cudden1673

plant-animal1673

dolt-head1679

cabbage head1682

put1688

a piece of wood1691

ouphe1694

dunderpate1697

numbskull1697

leather-head1699

nocky1699

Tom Cony1699

mopus1700

bluff-head1703

clod skull1707

dunny1709

dowf1722

stupe1722

gamphrel1729

gobbin?1746

duncehead1749

half-wit1755

thick-skull1755

jackass1756

woollen-head1756

numbhead1757

beef-head1775

granny1776

stupid-head1792

stunpolla1794

timber-head1794

wether heada1796

dummy1796

noghead1800

staumrel1802

muttonhead1803

num1807

dummkopf1809

tumphya1813

cod's head and shoulders1820

stoopid1823

thick-head1824

gype1825

stob1825

stookiea1828

woodenhead1831

ning-nong1832

log-head1834

fat-head1835

dunderheadism1836

turnip1837

mudhead1838

donkey1840

stupex1843

cabbage1844

morepork1845

lubber-head1847

slowpoke1847

stupiditarian1850

pudding-head1851

cod's head and shoulders1852

putty head1853

moke1855

mullet-head1855

pothead1855

mug1857

thick1857

boodle1862

meathead1863

missing link1863

half-baked1866

lunk1867

turnip-head1869

rummy1872

pumpkin-head1876

tattie1879

chump1883

dully1883

cretin1884

lunkhead1884

mopstick1886

dumbhead1887

peanut head1891

pie-face1891

doughbakea1895

butt-head1896

pinhead1896

cheesehead1900

nyamps1900

box head1902

bonehead1903

chickenhead1903

thickwit1904

cluck1906

boob1907

John1908

mooch1910

nitwit1910

dikkop1913

goop1914

goofus1916

rumdum1916

bone dome1917

moron1917

oik1917

jabroni1919

dumb-bell1920

knob1920

goon1921

dimwit1922

ivory dome1923

stone jug1923

dingleberry1924

gimp1924

bird brain1926

jughead1926

cloth-head1927

dumb1928

gazook1928

mouldwarp1928

ding-dong1929

stupido1929

mook1930

sparrow-brain1930

knobhead1931

dip1932

drip1932

epsilon1932

bohunkus1933

Nimrod1933

dumbass1934

zombie1936

pea-brain1938

knot-head1940

schlump1941

jarhead1942

Joe Soap1943

knuckle-head1944

nong1944

lame-brain1945

gobshite1946

rock-head1947

potato head1948

jerko1949

turkey1951

momo1953

poop-head1955

a right one1958

bam1959

nong-nong1959

dickhead1960

dumbo1960

Herbert1960

lamer1961

bampot1962

dipshit1963

bamstick1965

doofus1965

dick1966

pillock1967

zipperhead1967

dipstick1968

thickie1968

poephol1969

yo-yo1970

doof1971

cockhead1972

nully1973

thicko1976

wazzock1976

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

no-brainer1979

jerkwad1980

woodentop1981

dickwad1983

dough ball1983

dickweed1984

bawheid1985

numpty1985

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

knob-end1989

Muppet1989

dingus1997

dicksack1999

eight ball-

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 307^v [He] came flynging home to Roome again as wyse as a capon.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Dj Some [men] are capons by kynd, and..so blunt by nature, that no arte can whet them.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 32 Mome,..Capon, Coxcombe, Idiot, Patch.

†2. transferred. A eunuch.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration > person

geldinga1382

eunuchc1430

spadoc1430

chastelinga1570

capon1594

castrate1639

spade1680

wether1724

demi-male1728

androgyne1742

castrato1763

hijra1838

emasculate1886

half-man-

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. §1. 279 Of 1000 such capons who addict themselues to their booke, none attaineth to anie perfection, and euen in musicke (which is their ordinarie profession).

1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C2^v Bowyer a Captayn? a Capon,..a lame haberdine..a very Iackdaw.

1691 T. D'Urfey Love for Money v. iii. 55 If there be a Capon in Christendom I'll make thee one.

3. Humorously applied to various fish; esp. a red-herring.

ΚΠ

a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1885) III. 319 The Sole wee call our Seuverne Capon.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Yarmouth-Capon, a Red Herring.

1719 A. Ramsay Epist. to Hamilton ii. iii A Glasgow capon and a fadge Ye thought a feast.

1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xix. 33 Each to his jaws A good Crail'scapon holds. [Note] A Crailscapon is a dried haddoc.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Capon, a red-herring. Kent.

†4. A billet-doux. Cf. French poulet ‘a chicken; also, a loue-letter, or loue-message’ (Cotgrave). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > letter sent between lovers

love lettera1525

capon1598

love-libel1602

love line1609

billet-doux1673

mash note1880

yum-yum1943

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 56 O thy letter, thy letter..Boyet you can carue, Breake vp this Capon .

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

capon-broth n.

ΚΠ

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 78 If the Alderman thought that an impossibility, he was certainly far gone in Capon-broth.

capon-flesh n.

ΚΠ

c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 662 Caro spadonia, capuneflesche. Caro caponina, caponflesche.

capon-crammed adj.

ΚΠ

1597 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus iii. ii. 1214 His mawe must be Capon crambd each day.

capon-like adj.

capon-lined adj.

ΚΠ

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 150 A portly, capon-lined burgomaster.

C2.

capon-beer n. ? capon-broth made with beer.

ΚΠ

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §411 Drink incorporate with Flesh or roots (as in Capon-beer &c.) will nourish more easily.

capon-bell n. the passing-bell (Halliwell cites Dekker).

† capon-cote n. Obsolete a house for keeping capons.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > house for capons

capon-cote1393

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 136 Hue hadde a childe in the chapon-cote.

capon-justice n. a corrupt magistrate who is bribed by gifts of capons.

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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > unjust or corrupt

ambidexter1451

capon-justicea1639

unjusticea1661

justice broker1690

basket-justice1860

barrator1864

a1639 S. Ward Serm. (1862) 128 Judges that judge for reward, and say with shame, ‘Bring you’, such as the country calls capon justices.

capon-money n. money in commutation of a payment of capons.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > paid in money > instead of produce or livestock

capon-money1714

1714 London Gaz. No. 5246/3 In Arrear to the Corporation of Portsmouth, for Town-Rents, Reliefs, Capon-Money or other Dues.

† capon's-feather n. Obsolete the feather of a capon; also, Common Columbine ( Aquilegia vulgaris).

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1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restaurata i. 100 Salcot of Salisbury [otherwise called Capon]..redeems his Peace..by making long Leases of the best of his Farms and Manors; known afterwards most commonly by the Name of Capons-Feathers.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Capon's-feather, the herb columbine.

† capon's-tail n. Obsolete a plant, Valeriana pyrenaica.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > valerian

valerianc1386

setwalla1400

spike celtic1540

capon's-tail1548

phu1562

poor man's remedy1657

spikenard1688

countryman's treacle1745–7

tobacco-root1845

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.ij^v Phu is called in englishe setwal, of other some Capones tayle.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 918 In English Valerian, Capons taile.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes The herbe Valerian, Capons taile or Setwall.

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单词	capon
释义	caponn. Brit. /ˈkeɪpən/, /ˈkeɪpɒn/, U.S. /ˈkeɪpɑn/, /ˈkeɪpən/ Forms: Old English, Middle English capun, Middle English capoun, ( kapoun, chapon), Middle English–1500s capone, Middle English capun(e, ( capvne), capoone, Middle English– capon. Etymology: Old English capun, < Latin capōn-em in same sense, whence also Old Northern French capun, capon (French chapon, Provençal capon, Spanish capon, Italian cappone), which probably reinforced the English word. 1. a. A castrated cock. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > castrated or capon caponc1000 caponet1570 billard1674 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 132 Capo, capun. Gallinaccus, capun. c1250 Bestiary 390 in Old Eng. Misc. 13 Ðe coc and te capun. a1300 Floriz & Bl. 260 Bute he also capun beo idiȝt. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iv. 38 For a dozeine chickenes Or as many capones. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. xviii. 425 The capon is a cocke made as it were female by keruynge away of his gendringe stones. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 26 He..hadde to fore hym as fatte capone as a man myght fynde. 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man i. 11 Is made fat with daintie and delicate fare like a capon. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 154 The Iustice, In faire round belly, with good Capon lin'd. View more context for this quotation 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 30 To truck..Justice for fat Capons, to be deliver'd before Dinner. 1842 R. H. Barham Nell Cook!! in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 125 On capons fine they daily dine. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi x. 216 Some fine fat capons. b. Formerly used in payment of rent in kind. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > paid in produce or livestock > specific rynmart1433 rynmutton1459 capon1495 mart1520 tack-swine1523 reek hen1540 farm meal1547 reek-poultry1585 reek fowl1592 corn-rate1665 wheat-rent?c1682 nowt-geld1688 farm-dish1713 corn-rent1809 pepper-rent1866 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 40 Preamble xl. acres of wood xlti. rent and the rent of L. capons. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccccxlvii. 789 They gadered vp the rentes, as Capons, and other thynges in his townes. c. As a type of dullness, and a term of reproach. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] asseOE sotc1000 beastc1225 long-ear?a1300 stock1303 buzzard1377 mis-feelinga1382 dasarta1400 stonea1400 dasiberd14.. dottlec1400 doddypoll1401 dastardc1440 dotterel1440 dullardc1440 wantwit1449 jobardc1475 nollc1475 assheada1500 mulea1500 dull-pate15.. peak1509 dulbert?a1513 doddy-patec1525 noddypolla1529 hammer-head1532 dull-head?1534 capon1542 dolt1543 blockhead1549 cod's head1549 mome1550 grout-head1551 gander1553 skit-brains?1553 blocka1556 calfa1556 tomfool1565 dunce1567 druggard1569 cobble1570 dummel1570 Essex calf1573 jolthead1573 hardhead1576 beetle-head1577 dor-head1577 groutnoll1578 grosshead1580 thickskin1582 noddyship?1589 jobbernowl1592 beetle-brain1593 Dorbel1593 oatmeal-groat1594 loggerhead1595 block-pate1598 cittern-head1598 noddypoop1598 dorbellist1599 numps1599 dor1601 stump1602 ram-head1605 look-like-a-goose1606 ruff1606 clod1607 turf1607 asinego1609 clot-poll1609 doddiea1611 druggle1611 duncecomb1612 ox-head1613 clod-polla1616 dulman1615 jolterhead1620 bullhead1624 dunderwhelpa1625 dunderhead1630 macaroona1631 clod-patea1635 clota1637 dildo1638 clot-pate1640 stupid1640 clod-head1644 stub1644 simpletonian1652 bottle-head1654 Bœotiana1657 vappe1657 lackwit1668 cudden1673 plant-animal1673 dolt-head1679 cabbage head1682 put1688 a piece of wood1691 ouphe1694 dunderpate1697 numbskull1697 leather-head1699 nocky1699 Tom Cony1699 mopus1700 bluff-head1703 clod skull1707 dunny1709 dowf1722 stupe1722 gamphrel1729 gobbin?1746 duncehead1749 half-wit1755 thick-skull1755 jackass1756 woollen-head1756 numbhead1757 beef-head1775 granny1776 stupid-head1792 stunpolla1794 timber-head1794 wether heada1796 dummy1796 noghead1800 staumrel1802 muttonhead1803 num1807 dummkopf1809 tumphya1813 cod's head and shoulders1820 stoopid1823 thick-head1824 gype1825 stob1825 stookiea1828 woodenhead1831 ning-nong1832 log-head1834 fat-head1835 dunderheadism1836 turnip1837 mudhead1838 donkey1840 stupex1843 cabbage1844 morepork1845 lubber-head1847 slowpoke1847 stupiditarian1850 pudding-head1851 cod's head and shoulders1852 putty head1853 moke1855 mullet-head1855 pothead1855 mug1857 thick1857 boodle1862 meathead1863 missing link1863 half-baked1866 lunk1867 turnip-head1869 rummy1872 pumpkin-head1876 tattie1879 chump1883 dully1883 cretin1884 lunkhead1884 mopstick1886 dumbhead1887 peanut head1891 pie-face1891 doughbakea1895 butt-head1896 pinhead1896 cheesehead1900 nyamps1900 box head1902 bonehead1903 chickenhead1903 thickwit1904 cluck1906 boob1907 John1908 mooch1910 nitwit1910 dikkop1913 goop1914 goofus1916 rumdum1916 bone dome1917 moron1917 oik1917 jabroni1919 dumb-bell1920 knob1920 goon1921 dimwit1922 ivory dome1923 stone jug1923 dingleberry1924 gimp1924 bird brain1926 jughead1926 cloth-head1927 dumb1928 gazook1928 mouldwarp1928 ding-dong1929 stupido1929 mook1930 sparrow-brain1930 knobhead1931 dip1932 drip1932 epsilon1932 bohunkus1933 Nimrod1933 dumbass1934 zombie1936 pea-brain1938 knot-head1940 schlump1941 jarhead1942 Joe Soap1943 knuckle-head1944 nong1944 lame-brain1945 gobshite1946 rock-head1947 potato head1948 jerko1949 turkey1951 momo1953 poop-head1955 a right one1958 bam1959 nong-nong1959 dickhead1960 dumbo1960 Herbert1960 lamer1961 bampot1962 dipshit1963 bamstick1965 doofus1965 dick1966 pillock1967 zipperhead1967 dipstick1968 thickie1968 poephol1969 yo-yo1970 doof1971 cockhead1972 nully1973 thicko1976 wazzock1976 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 no-brainer1979 jerkwad1980 woodentop1981 dickwad1983 dough ball1983 dickweed1984 bawheid1985 numpty1985 jerkweed1988 dick-sucker1989 knob-end1989 Muppet1989 dingus1997 dicksack1999 eight ball- 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 307^v [He] came flynging home to Roome again as wyse as a capon. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Dj Some [men] are capons by kynd, and..so blunt by nature, that no arte can whet them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 32 Mome,..Capon, Coxcombe, Idiot, Patch. View more context for this quotation †2. transferred. A eunuch. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] > castration > person geldinga1382 eunuchc1430 spadoc1430 chastelinga1570 capon1594 castrate1639 spade1680 wether1724 demi-male1728 androgyne1742 castrato1763 hijra1838 emasculate1886 half-man- 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xv. §1. 279 Of 1000 such capons who addict themselues to their booke, none attaineth to anie perfection, and euen in musicke (which is their ordinarie profession). 1605 Hist. Tryall Cheualry sig. C2^v Bowyer a Captayn? a Capon,..a lame haberdine..a very Iackdaw. 1691 T. D'Urfey Love for Money v. iii. 55 If there be a Capon in Christendom I'll make thee one. 3. Humorously applied to various fish; esp. a red-herring. ΚΠ a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1885) III. 319 The Sole wee call our Seuverne Capon. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Yarmouth-Capon, a Red Herring. 1719 A. Ramsay Epist. to Hamilton ii. iii A Glasgow capon and a fadge Ye thought a feast. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair ii. xix. 33 Each to his jaws A good Crail'scapon holds. [Note] A Crailscapon is a dried haddoc. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Capon, a red-herring. Kent. †4. A billet-doux. Cf. French poulet ‘a chicken; also, a loue-letter, or loue-message’ (Cotgrave). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > letter sent between lovers love lettera1525 capon1598 love-libel1602 love line1609 billet-doux1673 mash note1880 yum-yum1943 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 56 O thy letter, thy letter..Boyet you can carue, Breake vp this Capon . View more context for this quotation Compounds C1. General attributive. a. capon-broth n. ΚΠ 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 78 If the Alderman thought that an impossibility, he was certainly far gone in Capon-broth. capon-flesh n. ΚΠ c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 662 Caro spadonia, capuneflesche. Caro caponina, caponflesche. b. capon-crammed adj. ΚΠ 1597 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus iii. ii. 1214 His mawe must be Capon crambd each day. capon-like adj. capon-lined adj. ΚΠ 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 150 A portly, capon-lined burgomaster. C2. capon-beer n. ? capon-broth made with beer. ΚΠ 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §411 Drink incorporate with Flesh or roots (as in Capon-beer &c.) will nourish more easily. capon-bell n. the passing-bell (Halliwell cites Dekker). † capon-cote n. Obsolete a house for keeping capons. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > house for capons capon-cote1393 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 136 Hue hadde a childe in the chapon-cote. capon-justice n. a corrupt magistrate who is bribed by gifts of capons. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > unjust or corrupt ambidexter1451 capon-justicea1639 unjusticea1661 justice broker1690 basket-justice1860 barrator1864 a1639 S. Ward Serm. (1862) 128 Judges that judge for reward, and say with shame, ‘Bring you’, such as the country calls capon justices. capon-money n. money in commutation of a payment of capons. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > paid in money > instead of produce or livestock capon-money1714 1714 London Gaz. No. 5246/3 In Arrear to the Corporation of Portsmouth, for Town-Rents, Reliefs, Capon-Money or other Dues. † capon's-feather n. Obsolete the feather of a capon; also, Common Columbine ( Aquilegia vulgaris). ΚΠ 1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restaurata i. 100 Salcot of Salisbury [otherwise called Capon]..redeems his Peace..by making long Leases of the best of his Farms and Manors; known afterwards most commonly by the Name of Capons-Feathers. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Capon's-feather, the herb columbine. † capon's-tail n. Obsolete a plant, Valeriana pyrenaica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > valerian valerianc1386 setwalla1400 spike celtic1540 capon's-tail1548 phu1562 poor man's remedy1657 spikenard1688 countryman's treacle1745–7 tobacco-root1845 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. F.ij^v Phu is called in englishe setwal, of other some Capones tayle. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 918 In English Valerian, Capons taile. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes The herbe Valerian, Capons taile or Setwall. Thesaurus » Categories » capon's-tail grass n. Festuca Myurus (Britten and Holland). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). caponv. Etymology: < capon n.; = French chaponner.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcapon. Thesaurus » Categories » transitive. To make a capon of; to castrate. Derivatives ˈcaponed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective] > castrated geldedc1225 cutted1438 geltc1440 chaste1526 evirate1606 castrated1609 memberless1611 unpaveda1616 libbed1616 cut1624 eunuched1627 caponed1630 untesticled1668 castrate1704 eunuch1817 emasculated1830 eunuchal1878 neuter1893 eunuchoid1894 1630 P. Massinger Renegado i. i. sig. B2 Had it beene discouer'd I had beene caponde. 1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 184 Nothing but a Capon'd, a thing unman'd, could ever, etc. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 108 Their solid joy Is when the Page, already past a Boy, Is Capon'd late; and to the Guelder shown. ˈcaponing n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > caponing caponing1886 1886 N. Zealand Her. 1 June 2/6 The caponing of male fowl birds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.c1000v.1630
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