Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Whitecap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whitecap \White"cap`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European redstart; -- so called from its white
forehead.
(b) The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head.
(c) The European tree sparrow.
2. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the
wind is freshening.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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 ({S. hortensis}), and
the lesser whitethroat ({S. curruca}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whist \Whist\, n.
{Bridge whist}. See {Bridge}, n., above.
{Duplicate whist}, a form of whist in playing which the hands
are preserved as dealt and played again by other players,
as when each side holds in the second round the cards
played by the opposing side in the first round.
{Solo whist}. See {Solo whist}, above. Whitecap \White"cap`\,
n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whitecap
n : a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and
appears white [syn: {white horse}]
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