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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capon \Ca"pon\, n. [OE. capon, chapoun AS cap?n (cf. F.
chapon), L. capo, fr Gr ? akin to ? to cut, OSlav. skopiti
to casrate. CF {Comma}.]
A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded
to improve his flesh for the table. --Shak.
The merry thought of a capon. --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capon \Ca"pon\, v. t.
To castrate; to make a capon of
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
capon
n 1: flesh of a castrated male chicken
2: castrated male chicken
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