OriginEchoic, from the bird's cry.
- Northern-England, ScotlandA northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus.
“The crest was a tewit's head and neck erased or.”
“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.”
“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.”
Formstewits(plural) · teuchat(alternative) · teuchit(alternative) · tewhit(alternative) · tuchet(alternative)