Black"cap` (?), 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.
2. Cookery
An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
3.
The black raspberry.
© Webster 1913.