† maw-pie Obs.
[The first element is of obscure origin.]
The magpie, Pica caudata.
| 1615 W. Lawson Country Housew. Gard. (1626) 45 Your Cheries and other Berries when they be ripe, wil draw all the Black-birds, Thrushes and Maw-pies to your Orchard. |