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

CAPITANE, s. Caption, captivity.
Bellenden.

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.

Fr. capriole, id.

Polwart.