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   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”.
   
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   The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. Derham.
   
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   2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.]  Spenser.
   
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   3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, “to cap the climax of absurdity”.
   
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   4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.]
   
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   Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. Thackeray.
   
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   5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, “to cap text; to cap proverbs”.  Shak.
   
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   Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. Dryden.
   
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   ☞ 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.
   
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   Coping (?), 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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