(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:21:06

Ca*poc" (?), n. [Malay kapoq.]

A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.

 

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