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3 definitions found 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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