Ca"pon (?), n. [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. capn (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.
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Ca"pon, v. t.
To castrate; to make a capon of.
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