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单词 pewit
例句 pewit
He staggered, without following any path, down into the village, with the pewit in its great circles, and the may-chafer in its little ones, sweeping around him. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z
There was a chattering all together of goldfinches, pewits, tomtits, woodpeckers, bullfinches, and thrushes. Toilers of the Sea
The plover were wailing; the sad-voiced pewits called; one by one, the frogs began a lonesome chant. The Plow-Woman
The notes, to some ears, are Phoebe, phoebe, pewit, phoebe! to others, of somewhat duller sense of hearing, perhaps, Pewee, pewee, pewee! Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 3 September 1897
When its eggs are laid, the pewit will fight fiercely with any other of its species which comes too near it. Mamma's Stories about Birds
In the second were all kinds of game and wild-fowl, roast herons three in a dish, bitterns, cranes, bustards, curlews, dotterels, and pewits. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest
The pewits' eggs, dark in ground colour and boldly marked, are in strict harmony with the sober tints of moor and fallow, and on this circumstance alone their concealment and safety depend. Darwinism (1889)
On the 7th, we saw a curlieu and a pewit, and on the 9th we caught a land-bird, very much resembling a starling. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
In his best days, as he records in one of his letters, it was said of him that he “tripped like a pewit.” The Art of Letters
It is unmistakably spring, because the pewit bushes are budding and on yonder aspen we can hear a forsythia bursting into song. Mince Pie
Hinpoha listened to his disgruntled "pewit phoebe, pewit phoebe," and made haste to throw him some crumbs. The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers
The characteristic species of this part of the down country, comprising the parish of Winterbourne Bishop, are the pewit, magpie, turtledove, mistle-thrush, and starling. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
We should not be surprised to see him some day put out the head of a river horse; or come forth a pewit, or lapwing, some feathered metamorphosis. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia
As I came near them, some of them kept flying round and round just over my head, and crying "pewit" so distinctly one might almost fancy they spoke. Types of Children's Literature
Now and then I caught the cry of a pewit, or saw a snipe glance up from his bed; but mainly I was busied about the mare. The Splendid Spur
I, too, heard the pewit's plaint in my childhood and caught the sun-fish in the brook. The Making of an American
The pewit is universal on the hills, but will inevitably be driven away from all that portion of Salisbury Plain used for military purposes. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs
"If he comes to play, tell him to follow us right up the burn and keep whistling the pewit's call three times over, and if we don't see him, we'll hear him," said Jock. The Scotch Twins
I distinctly remembered firing it at a pewit an hour before, for Edmee had wanted to examine the bird's plumage. Mauprat
Pewit, phoebe, phoebe; pewit, phoebe, they contentedly but rather monotonously sing as they investigate all the sites in the neighborhood. Bird Neighbors
Hence stork and swallow are the friends of man, while the pewit dwells in exile, fleeing ever from his presence with its lonesome cry. The Making of an American
I will teach thee a spring, Tony, to catch a pewit. Kenilworth
"They said you were to follow, and if you didn't find them, keep whistling the pewit's call three times till they answered you." The Scotch Twins
The next morning, as she was finishing the beds, Jean heard the pewit call and at once knew that the Clan was abroad. The Scotch Twins
If you see a man, keep still in your places and give the pewit call. The Scotch Twins
The stork from the meadow cried, "Strength Him! strength Him!" but the wicked pewit, beholding the soldiers with their spears, cried, "Pierce Him! pierce Him!" The Making of an American
The Clan, lingering behind their parents, looked back at the group on the castle terrace before the trees hid them from sight, and Jock sent the pewit call shrilling through the dusk. The Scotch Twins
She puckered her lips and gave the pewit call, but there was no answer. The Scotch Twins
They lingered in an agony of suspense, not daring to leave until they saw that Jock and Alan were safe, and then from a little distance up the shore came the pewit call. The Scotch Twins
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