An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Teut. kappe, the summit.

CAP, s. A wooden bowl for containing meat or drink, S.
Ramsay.

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.