Whitecap

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A wave with a crest of foam.
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  • n. any of several birds having a white patch on the head
  • n. a wave having a white crest; a breaker
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead.
  • n. The whitethroat; -- so called from its gray head.
  • n. The European tree sparrow.
  • n. A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening.
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The inner chaff of wheat: chiefly in the plural.
  • n. The male redstart, a bird, Ruticilla phœnicura. See first cut under redstart.
  • n. The tree-or mountain-sparrow, Passer montanus.
  • n. 3. plural The common mushroom, Agaricus campestris.
  • n. Nautical, a wave with a broken crest showing as a white patch; a white horse.
  • n. [capitalized] One of a self-constituted body or committee of persons, who, generally under the guise of rendering service or protection to the community in which they dwell, commit various outrages and lawless acts.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
    • Hypernym
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