Capʹuohin.

A friar of the order of St. Francis, of the new rule of 1528; so called from their “capʹuce” or pomted cowl.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Capon (A)
Capon (A)
Capricorn
Captain
Captain Cauf’s Tail
Captain Copperthorne’s Crew
Captain Podd
Captain Stiff
Captious
Capua
Capuohin
Capulet
Caput Mortuum
Caqueux
Carabas
Caracalla [long-mantle]
Caracci (pron. Kar-rah-che)
Carack
Caradoc
Caraites
Caran DAche