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teeack Orkney dial.|ˈtiːək|
Also teaoo, teeock, teeoo.
[Echoic: cf. tewhit, tewit.]
= lapwing.
1869D. Gorrie Summers & Winters in Orkneys (ed. 2) v. 194 The plaint of teeacks..blended finely with the shrill pipings of shore-birds. 1884D. W. Yair in D. H. Edwards Mod. Scot. Poets VII. 248 Teeocks, bleatin', skimmed alang. 1909Old-Lore Misc. II. i. 29 Like a doo or a teaoo. 1927H. Campbell Jean's Garden 26 The teeoos crying ower the brecks. 1969G. M. Brown Orkney Tapestry 97 That's a plover... There's a teeack. |