Pē'wit, n.

noun

(Synop., § 130), n. [O. & Pr. D. piewit, piewit-voghel, N. D. kievit, L. Ger. kievit, Ger. kibitz, kieb- bitz, Hung. gé-bitz, bébitz.] (Ornith.) The lapwing or green plover. [Written also peevit.]

Pewit gull, or Pewit, a species of gull; the black-headed or laughing gull; Xema ridibundus.

An engraved illustration of a pewit standing on a patch of ground. — Pewit (*Tringa vanellus*).