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Definition of Pewits
1. pewit [n] - See also: pewit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pewits
Literary usage of Pewits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"•ir». a chev. betw. three pewits sa. membered and Battled gn. PENFOUND, Penfound
in Pound- stock, Cornwall. Are. a chev. vairy sa. and of the first betw. ..."
2. Some more scraps about birds by Charles Murray Adamson (1881)
"I have often shot pewits by moonlight from behind hedges as they flew ...
pewits seem to be able to lay any number of eggs; no sooner are their eggs taken ..."
3. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1878)
"They will afford a fine display from June until cut off by frost. pewits IN A
GARDEN (CAJ).—If you have a large garden, sufficient food will be found by the ..."
4. Sketches of the Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands by Charles St. John (1878)
"as far as regards feeding: at any hour of the night, and however dark it is, if
I happen to pass through the grass-fields, I hear the pewits rising near me. ..."
5. A history of British birds by Francis Orpen Morris (1857)
"... and corners of the hafts, and in the valleys, to make them level, for should
they be permitted to rot on the islands the pewits would not endure them. ..."
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