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Webster 1913 Edition


Tirwit

Tir′wit

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Pewit
.]
(Zool.)
The lapwing.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Tirwit

TIR'WIT

,
Noun.
A bird. [L. vanellus.]
N.B. The lapwing is called teewit in Scotland, (Ed Encyc.) and the lapwing is the vanellus.