tewit

tewit

English

Alternative forms

• teuchat, teuchit, tewhit

Etymology

Echoic, from the bird's cry.[1][2]

Noun

tewit (plural tewits)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) A northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.[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, 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.

Synonyms

• lapwing[1][2]

References

1. Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0.0.3)
2. “Definition of “tewit””, in Collins English Dictionary‎, Collins English Dictionary, 2014-07-27, retrieved 2016-03-01

Anagrams

• Witte, twite