cap

cap is a Noun

Definition:

[1] A covering for the head; esp.

[2] One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys;

[3] One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;

[4] One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.

[5] The top, or uppermost part; the chief. Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. Shak.

[6] A respectful uncovering of the head. He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. Fuller.

[7] The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

[8] Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:

[9] Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.

[10] A percussion cap. See under Percussion.

[11] A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron. -- Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively. -- Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty. -- Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities. -- Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. -- Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolsap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities. Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material. -- Flat cap, cap See Foolscap. -- Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier. -- Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or "narrow edge." -- To set one`s cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) Chaucer. -- To set one`s cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]