See Also: Caption(law)
caption(dictionary)
caption(dictionary)
CAPTION, practice(law)
warming-pan(dictionary)
warming pan(dictionary)
warming 2, noun(dictionary)
warming 1, adjective(dictionary)
house-warming(dictionary)
global warming(dictionary)

warming-pan (iou) and caption (iou)


warming-pan (iou)



warming-pan noun. L16.
[from WARMING verbal noun + PAN noun1.]
Hist. A long-handled, usu. brass, covered pan with a flat body, filled with live coals etc. and used for warming beds. L16.
a. A woman for a man to have in bed with him. slang (long rare or obsolete). M17.
b. A person who temporarily holds a place or Employment until the intended occupant is ready to take it. arch. slang. M19.

caption (iou)



caption noun & verb. LME.
[Latin captio(n-), from capt- pa. ppl stem of capere seize: see -ION.]
A. noun.
a. Seizure, capture, taking. Now rare or obsolete in gen. sense. LME.
b. Law (orig. Scot., now Hist.). Arrest or seizure under civil process; a warrant for the civil arrest of a debtor. L15.
A captious argument; a cavil. Now rare. L16.
Law. A certificate attached to or written on a legal instrument detailing before whom it was made. L17.
A heading of a chapter, article, etc.; wording appended to an illustration, cartoon, etc.; a (cinema or Television) subtitle. Orig. US. L18.
b. verb trans. Provide with (as) a caption; entitle. E20.