Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peewit"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lapwing \Lap"wing`\, n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS.
hle['a]pewince; hle['a]pan to leap, jump + (prob.) a word
akin to AS. wincian to wink, E. wink, AS. wancol wavering;
cf. G. wanken to stagger, waver. See {Leap}, and {Wink}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small European bird of the Plover family ({Vanellus
cristatus}, or {V. vanellus}). It has long and broad wings,
and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards,
downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish
bronze. Its eggs are the ``plover's eggs'' of the London
market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also {peewit},
{dastard plover}, and {wype}. The {gray lapwing} is the
{Squatarola cinerea}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peevit \Pee"vit\, Peewit \Pee"wit\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Pewit}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pewit \Pe"wit\, n. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. OD. piewit,
D. kievit, G. kibitz.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The lapwing.
(b) The European black-headed, or laughing, gull ({Xema
ridibundus}). See under {Laughing}.
(c) The pewee. [Written also {peevit}, {peewit}, {pewet}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peewit
n 1: large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
[syn: {lapwing}, {green plover}, {pewit}]
2: small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North
America [syn: {pewee}, {peewee}, {pewit}, {wood pewee}, {Contopus
virens}]
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