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. kape, signum littorale.

CAPER, KAPER, s. A piece of oatcake and butter, with a slice of cheese on it, Perths.

Gael. ceapaire, id.

CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALYEANE, s. The mountain cock, Tetrao urogallus, Linn. S.
Bellenden.

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 shell, before it is milled, Loth.
2. The grain which is not sufficiently ground; especially where the shell 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.