An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 143

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 143


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 ones 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 ones 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.







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