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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.
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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.
[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}).
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