whewer dial.
(ˈhwjuːə(r))
[app. f. whew v.1 + -er1.]
The female wigeon, Mareca penelope.
| 1634 Althorp MS. in Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) p. xxiii, Peckards 3—broadbills 5—whewers 2. 1668 Charleton Onomast. 100 Boscas, aliis Anas Fistularis..the Whewer, or Whistling Widgeon. 1674 in Corr. J. Ray (1848) 16, I have put up in a box..a Widgeon and a Whewer. 1734 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds II. 88. 1804 [see whew n.1 4]. |