See Also: Pewit(medicine)

Southeyan (iou) and Pewit (medicine)


Southeyan (iou)



Southeyan adjective. E19.
[from Southey (see below) + -AN.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the work of the English writer Robert Southey (1774-1843).

Pewit (medicine)


pewit
<zoology> The lapwing.

The European black-headed, or laughing, gull (Xema ridibundus). See Laughing.

The pewee.

Alternative forms: peevit, peewit, pewet.

Origin: Prob. Of imitative origin; cf. OD. Piewit, D. Kievit, G. Kibitz.

Source: Websters Dictionary