capon

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. flesh of a castrated male chicken
  2. castrated male chicken
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Capon \Ca"pon\, v. t. To castrate; to make a capon of. [1913 Webster]
Capon \Ca"pon\ (k[=a]"p'n or k[=a]"p[u^]n; 277), n. [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. cap[=u]n (cf. F. chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. ka`pwn akin to ko`ptein to cut, OSlav. skopiti to castrate. Cf. Comma.] A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

The merry thought of a capon. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]

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