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English Dictionary: peewit	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peewit n large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs Synonym(s): lapwing, green plover, peewit, pewit small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America Synonym(s): pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lapwing \Lap"wing`\, n. [OE. lapwynke, leepwynke, AS. hle[a0]pewince; hle[a0]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[94]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 [bd]plover's eggs[b8] 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[94]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[94]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}.]