capesn.
/keɪps/, U.S. /keɪps/, Scottish English /keps/ northern dialect and Scottish.
With plural agreement.
a. Grains of corn to which the husk continues to adhere after threshing (see also quot. 1847-78).
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a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 108 The Chaffe, Capes, and heads gather togeather on the toppe and are taken off.
1790 Morrison Poems 110 Wi' capes, the mill she gard them ring..Then Goodie wi' her tentie paw, Did capes an' seeds the gether ca'.
1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) I. 362 To separate the chaff, the capes, and the grain.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Capes, ears of corn broken off in thrashing.
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b. The grain which is not sufficiently ground.
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c. Flakes of meal which come from the mill when the grain has not been sufficiently dried. (Jamieson.)
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