Dictionary definitions
- Enter a word for the dictionary definition.
whitecap
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whitecap \White"cap`\, n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) The European redstart; -- so called from its white
forehead.
(b) The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head.
(c) The European tree sparrow.
[1913 Webster]
2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the
wind is freshening.
[1913 Webster]
3. A member of a self-appointed vigilance committee
attempting by lynch-law methods to drive away or coerce
persons obnoxious to it. Some early ones wore white hoods
or masks. [U. S.] -- White"cap`, v. -- White"cap`per,
n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler ({Sylvia hortensis}), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca). [1913 Webster]
