▪ I. wype Now dial.
(waɪp)
Also 7, 9 wipe.
[Of doubtful etymology; perh. echoic, from its call. Cf. (M)Sw. and Norw. vipa, Sw. tofsvipa, Da. vibe, also peesweep, peeweep.]
The lapwing.
| c 1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 165 [La vanele e le pounzot; gloss] a wype and waschere. c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 640 Hec vpipa, wype. 1512 in Earl Northumb. Househ. Bk. (1770) 104 It is thought goode that Wypes be hade for my Lordes own Mees onely. 15.. Parlt. Byrdes 305 Thowgh thou be hasty, as the wype, And thy feders, flyght rype. 1579 Hake Newes out of Powles D ij b, Right Plouer, Snype, and Woodcock fine with Curlew, Wype and Rayle. 1825 J. Mackinnon Messingham (1881) 18 Plover are here called Wipes, or Pywipes. 1895 E. Angl. Gloss. 251 Wypes,..the lapwing or plover. |
▪ II. wyp(p)e
obs. ff. whip.