The ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered.

(1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chronicles 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown."

(2.) Tzepheth (2 Chronicles 3:15).

(3.) Rosh (Exodus 36:38; 38:17, 19, 28), properly a "head" or "top."

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A capital [Obs.] See Chapital.

2. (n.) A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles.