Obs. exc. dial. [var. of CAP (see 10 b). Cf. also COPE, COPESTONE.] Top.

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1650.  Howell, Giraffi’s Rev. Naples, 22. To negotiate with the cape leaders of the people.

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1796.  W. H. Marshall, Yorksh. (ed. 2), I. 203. Setting the plants behind the ‘cape-sod,’ or first-turned spit.

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1812.  H. E. Strickland, Agric. E. Riding, 99. Turning the cape-sod, and planting the quickwood.

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