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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1638
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Caprel, v. [e.m.E. capreol (1580). Cf. Caprel,n.] intr. To caper. —1638 Adamson Muses Thr. 23.
On the plain we caprel'd wonder fast
