‖Ca″put (kā″pŭt), n.; pl.Capita (kăp″ĭ‐tȧ). 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.