cap (3 probably with allusion to the fool's cap)
1.
phrases with ref. to:
i.
throwing the cap into the air
in token of joy
R3 III. vii. 35
“hurl'd up their
c-s,”
Cor. II. i. 117
“Take my ,
Jupiter,”
Ham. IV. v. 107
“C-s, hands, and
tongues applaud it.”
ii.
wearing
trinkets or favours in the hat
2H4 I. ii. 17
“thou art fitter
to be worn in my cap”
[i.e. because of his smallness]; fig.
All'sW. II. i. 54
“they wear
themselves in the cap of the
time”
(=are an ornament to it),
Ham. IV. vii. 77
“A very riband in
the cap of youth.”
iii.
doffing the
cap as a mark of courtesy or servility 1H4 IV. iii. 68,
2H4 II. ii. 127
“as ready as a
borrower's cap,”
Cor. II. i. 78
“ambitious for
poor knaves' c-s and legs,”
Tim. III. vi. 108,
Cym. III. iii. 25.
iv.
“throw their c-s
at,” give up for lost Tim. III. iv.
102.
2.
cardinal's biretta
1H6 V. i. 33
“He'll make his cap
co-equal with the crown,”
H8 III. ii. 283.
3.
top, head, chief
Tim. IV. iii. 365
“the cap of all the
fools alive”
; cf. Ham. II. ii. 237.
