bluecap

English

Etymology

From blue +‎ cap.

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 […]

2. A fish of the salmon kind with blue spots on its head.
3. (colloquial) A Scotsman.
4. (mythology, mining) A tiny blue-skinned fairy that inhabits a mine and helps the miners.

References

• “bluecap”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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