cap-a-pie

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cap-a-pie - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Capapie \Cap`*a*pie"\, adv. [OF. (?) cap-a-pie, from head to
     foot, now de pied en cap from foot to head; L. pes foot +
     caput head.]
     From head to foot; at all points. "He was armed cap-a-pie."
     --Prescott.
     [1913 Webster]

cap-a-pie - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cap-a-pie
      adv 1: at all points from head to foot; "he was armed cap-a-pie"
             [syn: cap-a-pie, from head to toe]