tewhit

English

Noun

tewhit (plural tewhits)

1. Alternative form of tewit
   • 1874, Charles Gibbon, In Honour Bound, volume 2, page 67:

     A fierce rasping noise broke harshly upon the clear atmosphere, mingled with sounds of voices in gossip and laughter; flocks of tewhits (lapwings), their white breasts glittering in the sunlight, swept overhead.

   • 1899, Elizabeth S. MacQueen MacLeod, Carols of Canada (quoting ...?), page 141:

     Or sit in restful gloaming-tide,

     'Neath honeysuckle porch,

     And watch the tewhits winging low

References

• “tewhit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Hewitt, thwite