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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ca·put n.; pl. Capita
 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  Old Chem. The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.
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