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.

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