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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cape, Caip, v.1 [f. Cape,n. 4. Cf. Kaip v. and e.m.E. cope (1665).] tr. To furnish with a coping. 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 303.
To ane masoun to hew the saids rebatts and lintale and to reforme the said yet and caip it 1687 Glasgow B. Rec. III. 406.
To … [a] maissoun, to ane accompt for capeing the Green Dyck 1721 Glasgow B. Rec. IV. 105.
That the battlements round the toofalls be poynted and caped
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