past participle of throw one's cap over the windmill

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of throw one's cap over the windmill

The outer protein shell of a virus

(intransitive, nautical) To overturn. / (transitive, nautical) To cause (a ship) to overturn. / (intransitive, of knots) To deform under stress.

(physiology) A membranous envelope. / (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.

(transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules. / (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.

A type of screw commonly used to regulate the height of the action in a piano. The capstan screw is designed to be turned from the side, not the head, unlike an ordinary screw. A lever enters a hole in the side of the screw to turn it.

(nautical) A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, used to apply force to ropes, cables, etc. It is typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers used to turn it.

(organic chemistry) A chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their pungent flavor.

A sealed container, buried at some location, that contains records of contemporary life - to be rediscovered in the distant future.