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whaup
whaup, n. Sc. and north. (hwɔːp, hwɑːp) Forms: 6 quha(i)p, 7 whoup, 7–9 whap, 8–9 whaap, 8– whaup, (8 whape, wap, 9 whawp, quhaup). [Perhaps for *whalp and allied to OE. huilpe (Seafarer 21), = early WS. *hwielpe:— *χwalpjon-, f. χwalp- : χwelp- a stem imitative of the bird's cry, and represented al... Oxford English Dictionary
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A Daughter of Heth
In due course Coquette accepts the marriage proposal of her devoted cousin Tom "the Whaup", although she does not truly love him. wikipedia.org
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whaaped
whaaped var. whaped pa. pple. Obs., whaup. Oxford English Dictionary
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whap
whap var. wap v.3 Obs., to bark, whaup Sc., curlew, whop. Oxford English Dictionary
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Eurasian curlew
In Europe, this species is often referred to just as the "curlew", and in Scotland known as the "whaup" in Scots. wikipedia.org
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wheeple
wheeple, v. Sc. and north. dial. (ˈhwiːp(ə)l) [Imitative.] intr. To utter a somewhat protracted shrill cry, like the curlew or plover; also, to whistle feebly (intr. and trans.). So wheeple n.1793 Statist. Acc. Scot. VII. 601 note, I wad na' gie the wheeple of a whaup for a the nightingales that eve... Oxford English Dictionary
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Border reivers
Ogilvie (1869–1963) wrote several poems about the reivers, including "The reiver's heart" (1903), "The raiders" (1904), "Whaup o' the rede: a ballad of wikipedia.org
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peesweep
peesweep, peaseweep Sc. and dial. (ˈpiːzwiːp) Also 9 peese-weep, peeswip, peasweep. [From the cry of the bird.] The lapwing or pewit.1796 Statist. Acc. Scotl. XVII. 251 Tringa vanellus,..Lapwing, Teuchit, peesweep. a 1810 Tannahill Poems (1846) 18 The peeswip's scrighin' owre the spankie-cairn. 1820... Oxford English Dictionary
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The Watcher by the Threshold, and other tales
Angrily shouting at them, he is accosted by a bird calling itself a Respectable Whaup that wants to know why he has broken up a family gathering that takes wikipedia.org
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curlew
curlew (ˈkɜːl(j)uː) Forms: α. 4 curlu, -leeu, corlue, corolu, kurlu, 4–5 corlew(e, 4–6 curlewe, 4–7 curlue, 5 kyrlewe, corelewe, 7 courlieu, 7–8 curliew, 7– 9 curlieu, 8 kerlew, 4– curlew; also β. 4 cor-, curlure, 5 curlowyr. [Identical with OF. courlieus (13th c. in Hatzfeld), corlys (16th c. in Li... Oxford English Dictionary
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Place names in Ireland
Corby Knowe (raven knoll) Glarryford from 'glaurie' (muddy), Gowks Hill (cuckoo) and Loanends (where the lanes end) in County Antrim, Crawtree (crow), Whaup wikipedia.org
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sumph
▪ I. sumph, n.1 Sc. and north. dial. (sʌmf) [Origin unascertained.] A soft stupid fellow; a simpleton, blockhead. Also, a surly or sullen man.1719 Ramsay 2nd Answ. to Hamilton vii, Thrawn-gabbit sumphs that snarl At our frank lines. 1789 Shirrefs Poems (1790) 289 When noble souls ly in the dirt, Whi... Oxford English Dictionary
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snirt
▪ I. snirt, n. Chiefly north. dial. and Sc. (snɜːt) Also 8–9 snert. [f. next.] A suppressed laugh; a snicker.1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 96 Snert, an ineffectual effort to stifle a laugh. 1825 in Jamieson Suppl. 1828– in north. dial. glossaries, etc. (see also Eng. Dial. Dict.). 1899... Oxford English Dictionary
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unwork
▪ I. unˈwork, n. (un-1 12.)1854 Whittier Yankee Gipsies Prose Wks. I. 343 The comfortable philosophy..is the real life of this city of unwork.▪ II. unˈwork, v. rare. [un-2 3, 5. Cf. OE. unwyrcan to undo; also OHG. intwurchen, -wirken, MHG. entwürken, -wirken to destroy.] † 1. trans. To undo or detac... Oxford English Dictionary
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blooter
▪ I. blooter, n. orig. and chiefly Sc. Now colloq. Brit. /ˈbluːtə/, U.S. /ˈbludər/, Sc. /ˈblutər/ Forms: 16– bluiter, 19– blooter Irish English (north.) 18 blootther, 19– blooter, 19– bloother [Origin unknown. Compare later blooter v. and blootered adj., and perhaps also bluter adj., blatter v., ble... Oxford English Dictionary
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