A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1567-1568
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Cap, n.3 [F. cap, head, etc.] The prow or bows of a vessel. —a 1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlvi. 31.
Scho will tak in at cap and koo, Without scho ballast be behind
