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Webster 1913 Edition


Bluecap

Blue′capˊ

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Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
The bluepoll.
(b)
The blue bonnet or blue titmouse.
2.
A Scot; a Scotchman; – so named from wearing a blue bonnet.
[Poetic]
Shak.

Definition 2024


bluecap

bluecap

English

Noun

bluecap (plural bluecaps)

  1. A bird, the blue titmouse.
    • 1869, W. J. Sterland, The birds of Sherwood Forest (page 84)
      Mr. Hewitson mentions a pair of bluecaps having built their nest in a bottle []