Cap \Cap\ (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: ``Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.'' See 3d {Cape}, and cf. 1st {Cope}.] 1. A covering for the head; esp. (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.
3. A respectful uncovering of the head.
He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. --Fuller.
4. (Zo["o]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. (d) A percussion cap. See under {Percussion}. (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box. (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.
6. 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, foolscap, 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.]
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.
Cap \Cap\, v. i. To uncover the head respectfully. --Shak.
Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n. 1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
The temper and regulation of our own minds. --Macaulay.
2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school.
{Regulation sword}, {cap}, {uniform}, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations.
Syn: {Law}; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See {Law}.
By lunchtime, Mr. Kitajima, abandoning all hope of a strong rally, shows off a baseball cap labeled "Hot Trader."
But several OPEC countries, led by Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, are together pumping at least a million barrels a day above the cap, according to analysts.
Biden's blue cap covered the scar on his left temple where the surgical incision was made.
It argues that the cap at 1986 levels would be sufficient to head off a depletion problem and spur industry to develop adequate substitutes far less threatening to the ozone layer.
Coupled with last week's steps to cap the currency's ascent, traders and economists now believe the banks' so-called band of tolerance is a very wide 1.60-1.90 marks and 120-140 yen.
The former queen, who walked with a cane, wore a black pants suit, black cap, black gloves and a bright red scarf.
In a straddle an investor sells both a put and a call simultaneously, expecting that the index value will remain within the cap prices of the two options.
Aya was clad in a black silk robe and cap with an arched tailpiece signifying his royal rank.
Despite this, real estate and home building organizations are determined not to let the million dollar "cap" be reduced by a single dollar, defending their stand as being in the interest of middle-class homeowners.
He or she may not be capped at present - but leaving an old scheme and entering a new scheme will trigger the earnings cap rules.
I ignored it and put the cap on the car roof while refueling.
"Mieno's historic role is to take the cap off of one of the most impressive speculative markets we've had anywhere in the world since the war," says Kenneth S. Courtis, senior economist at Deutsche Bank AG's capitalmarkets division in Tokyo.
The Carters and seven relatives arrived Aug. 18 for a two-day private visit to cap an African tour.
The limit would apply statewide and thus act as a cap on any additional refineries built.
The new Pounds 16m carton factory is a feather in Waddington's cap, but is getting lower prices than expected.
Separately, Dan Rostenkowski (D., Ill.), the House's top tax writer, proposed yesterday to cap at $1 million the annual deduction a company could take for an executive's compensation.
It was early evening when Lepine, a baseball cap on his head, walked into a classroom at the engineering school where students were presenting their projects before the Christmas break.
To put me in my place, my chief tormentor, a boy who could become enraged by my use of precise English, snatched my unacceptable cap from my head and threw it on the tracks as we waited for the train.
Representatives of the banking and retailing industries, who mounted a major campaign over the weekend to kill the Senate cap, were pleased by Mr. Foley's comments.
"You have stood up with faith," he said. "Carrie, there is no guarantee you won't be able to wear that cap and gown again.
I saw him take off his cap and throw it on the ground." Win or lose, Gov. Michael Dukakis won't soon be forgotten by Shane Markovanovich.
OPEC nations held oil production steady in March but remained more than a million barrels a day above their self-imposed supply cap, according to estimates.
There are other forces that will keep interest rates high and cap the stock market rally, skeptics say.
But "when we gave them the drug, they picked the right cap within minutes," Ms. Costall says.
Mr. Bork's 101-page brief gives federal appeals judges plenty of reasons to pluck the Wallach feather off the cap of former prosecutor Rudolph Giuliani when they hear the case, probably in the fall.
Ditto for the antique horse hair clipper, the 1928 Buick radiator cap, the table lamp mounted on a Uruguayan firefighter's helmet, and the tractor tire shoes with the words "love" and "peace" inscribed on the soles.
To meet the cap, some of the countries would have to cut production.
The aid package passed by the House includes a requirement that the cap be raised.
The cap only applies to those top executives who have changed jobs since 1989.
Constantine Mitsotakis was sworn in as premier Wednesday, ending 10 months of political deadlock to cap his conservative party's comeback nine years after being defeated by the socialists of Andreas Papandreou.