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tewit
tewit
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Noun
tewit (plural tewits)
- (Northern England, Scotland) A lapwing, Vanellus cristatus.[1][2]
- 1866, Edward Peacock, English Church Furniture, Ornaments and Decorations, page 226:
- The crest was a tewit's head and neck erased or.
- 2005, Birds Britannica, page 204:
- My father and uncle searched for a tewit's nest and brought home two eggs which were beaten with milk and sugar for me to eat raw.
- 2008, Peter Robinson, All the Colours of Darkness (ISBN 1551991454), page 151:
- Once in a while, Banks or Sophia would approach too close to a tewit's ground nest, and the birds would start to panic, twittering and flying nervously back and forth, defending their territory.
- 1866, Edward Peacock, English Church Furniture, Ornaments and Decorations, page 226: