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Su. G. _koppa_, cyaphus; Arab. _kab_, a cup.
Hence, perhaps,
~Caps~, _s. pl._ The combs of wild bees, S.
_To_ CAP, _v. a._
1. To seize by violence, to lay hold of what is not one's own, S.
2. To seize vessels in a privateering way.
_Fountainhall._
3. To entrap, to ensnare.
_K. Ja. VI._
Lat. _cap-ere_, Su. G. _kipp-a_, rapere.
~Caper~, _s._ A pirate; or one who seizes vessels under a letter of marque.
_Colvil._
Belg. Su. G. Dan. _kapare_, a pirate.
_To_ CAP, _v. a._ To direct one's course at sea.
_Douglas._
Teut. _kape_, signum littorale.
CAPER, KAPER, _s._ A piece of oatcake and b.u.t.ter, with a slice of cheese on it, Perths. Gael. _ceapaire_, id.
CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALYEANE, _s._ The mountain c.o.c.k, Tetrao urogallus, Linn. S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Gael. _capullecoille_, id.
CAPERNOITIE, CAPERNOITED, _adj._ Crabbed, irritable, peevish, S.
_Hamilton._
Isl. _kappe_, certamen, and _nyt-a_ uti, q. "one who invites strife."
CAPES, _s. pl._
1. The grain which retains the sh.e.l.l, before it is milled, Loth.
2. The grain which is not sufficiently ground; especially where the sh.e.l.l remains with part of the grain, Loth.
3. Flakes of meal which come from the mill, when the grain has not been thoroughly dried, S. B.
_Morison._
CAPYL, CAPUL, _s._ A horse or mare.
_Douglas._
Gael. _capull_, Ir. _kabbal_, C. B. _keffyl_, Hisp. _cavallo_, id.
CAPITANE, _s._ Caption, captivity.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
CAPLEYNE, _s._ "A steylle _capleine_," a small helmet.
_Wallace._
Germ. _kaeplein_, from _kappe_, tegumentum capitis.
_To_ CAPPER, _v. a._
1. To seize ships, to go a-privateering, Ang.
2. To catch, to seize, violently to lay hold of; used in a general sense, Ang.
Dan. _kapre_, to exercise piracy.
CAPPIT, _adj._ Crabbed, ill-humoured, peevish, S.
_Philotus._
Isl. _kapp_, contention, or Flandr. _koppe_, a spider; as we call an ill-humoured person an _ettercap_, S.
CAPREL, _s._ A caper, as in dancing.
