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capes, n. pl. north. dial. and Sc.|keɪps|
a. Grains of corn to which the husk continues to adhere after threshing;
b. The grain which is not sufficiently ground;
c. Flakes of meal which come from the mill when the grain has not been sufficiently dried. (Jamieson.)
1641Best Farm. Bks. (1856) 103 The chaffe, capes and heads gather togeather on the toppe and are taken off. 1790Morrison Poems 110 Wi' capes, the mill she gard them ring..Then Goodie wi' her tentie paw, Did capes an' seeds the gether ca'. 1796W. Marshall Yorksh. (ed. 2) I. 362 To separate the chaff, the capes, and the grain. 1847–78Halliwell, Capes, ears of corn broken off in thrashing. |