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whitecap
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Whitecap
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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whitecap
(gcide) | 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).
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whitecap
(wn) | whitecap
n 1: a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and
appears white [syn: whitecap, white horse] |
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Whitecap
(gcide) | 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.]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] |
Whitecapper
(gcide) | 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.] |
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