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† lappoint Obs. rare. [Corruption of lapwing. Minsheu (Ductor in Ling. 1617) gives lapouin as the Fr. name of the bird.] = lapwing.1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xii. xviii. 268 The smoke of a lappoints fethers [renders pennæ upupæ in Wier] driueth spirits awaie.
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lapwing
lapwing (ˈlæpwɪŋ) Forms: 1 hléapewince, 4 lhapwynche, 4–7 lapwinge, -wynge, lap-, lappewin(c)ke, -wynke, (4 leepwynke, 5 lapwinch, -wynche, 7 -winc(k)le), 4– -lapwing. Also 6 lappoint. [OE. hléapewince, str. fem., f. hleápan to leap + *winc- to totter, waver (so OHG. winkan, MHG. winken, also to win...
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