Definition of Kapas

1. kapa [n] - See also: kapa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kapas

kaolinizations
kaolinize
kaolinized
kaolinizes
kaolinizing
kaolinosis
kaolins
kaon
kaonic
kaonium
kaons
kapa
kapala
kapalas
kapang syndrome
kapas (current term)
kapeika
kapellmeister
kapellmeisters
kaph
kaphs
kapia
kapnomar
kapo
kapok
kapoks
kapos
kaposi's sarcoma
kaposi varicelliform eruption
kapow

Literary usage of Kapas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1862)
"Silvery ; each dorsal ray and the posterior spines with a blackish dot near the base. Philippine Islands. a. Three and a half inches long. 1 7. Gerres kapas ..."

2. Legends of Old Honolulu by William Drake Westervell (1915)
"Sometimes the kapas were well scraped with pieces of shell or rubbed ... When these kapas were washed, scraped and pounded again, they became very soft. ..."

3. All about Hawaii (1911)
"His impressions of Kauai kapas, first seen, was of inferiority to those of Tahiti ... The method of imprinting the figured kapas was left to Captain King to ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1880)
"1-8 = 0-13 = 0-25 (m = 3-0) \m = 12-OÍ in ma South America, west coast :—Coronel, Lota, and Col bays. Price Is. 6d. Siam gulf :—Pulo kapas to Lacón roads. ..."

5. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"His mother, Hina, employed her time in the making of kapas. She must have made them at night, for her days were occupied in trying to dry the kapas. ..."

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