Definition of "peasweep" []

• The peewit, or lapwing. (noun)
• The greenfinch. (noun)

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• "The very birds seemed to shun these wastes, and no wonder, since they had an easy method of escaping from them; — at least I only heard the monotonous and plaintive cries of the lapwing and curlew, which my companions denominated the peasweep and whaup."
• "The very birds seemed to shun these wastes, and no wonder, since they had an easy method of escaping from them; --- at least I only heard the monotonous and plaintive cries of the lapwing and curlew, which my companions denominated the peasweep and whaup."
• "The peasweep aye cries farthest frae his ain nest."