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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chapture, n. [e.m.E. chapter (1583), ME. chapytur (c 1425).] A chapiter or capital of a column. —1616 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 338.
Twa pilleris and thrie bowis fynelie wrocht with chapture heidis at the beginning of the symmeris of the pendis
