Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The academic cap: so called from its square top.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The chief ornament.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
priest 's oracademic 'shat . - noun obsolete The
chief ornament .
Etymologies
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corner + cap
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