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n. 1. (Zool.) (a) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale. (b) An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the chickadee. Also called the black-cap chickadee. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The black raspberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as black cap{ 1b }. [ PJC ]

n. A clergyman; -- familiarly so called, as a soldier is sometimes called a redcoat or a bluecoat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The male of the European black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); -- so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Authorship; literary skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A man who digs chalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chafer the beetle. ] (Zool.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. Melolontha vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning; the first light of day.
Syn. -- dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the housing for a crankshaft and connecting parts in an internal-combustion engine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The American black-throated bunting (Spiza Americana). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ acronym from The International Society for Krishna Consciousness. ] The abbreviation for International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a society founded in the US in 1966; based on Vedic scriptures. Groups of devotees engage in joyful chanting of "Hare Krishna" ("O Krishna!"). [ acronym ]
Syn. -- Hare Krishna, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Hare Krishnas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A type of edible mushroom (Lactarius delicioso).
Syn. -- Lactarius delicioso. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A piece of any fabric worn around the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. 2 Sam. iii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus with sackcloth I invest my woe. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]