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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cap \Cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Capped}; p. pr & vb n. {Capping}.] 1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of to place a cap upon the proper part of as to cap a post to cap a gun. The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. --Derham. 2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as to cap the climax of absurdity. 4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.] Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. --Thackeray. 5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to as to cap text; to cap proverbs. --Shak. Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. --Dryden. Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word or ending with a rhyming word or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coping \Cop"ing\, n. [See {Cope}, n.] (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called {capping}. --Gwill.
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