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||Ca"put (kā"pŭt), n.;
pl. Capita
(kăp"&ibreve;*t&adot;). [L., the head.] 1.
(Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or
capitulum.

2. The top or superior part of a
thing.

3. (Eng.) The council or ruling
body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of
1856.

Your caputs and heads of colleges.

Lamb.

Caput mortuum (&?;). [L., dead head.]
(Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or
sublimation; hence, worthless residue.

Ca`py*ba"ra (?), n. [Sp.
capibara, fr. the native name.] (Zoöl.) A
large South American rodent (Hydrochærus capybara)
Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest
extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in
height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is
related; -- called also cabiai and water
hog.

Car (?), n. [OF. car,
char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a
Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor.


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