||Ca"put (kā"pŭt), n.;
pl. Capita
(kăp"ĭ*tȧ). [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.