Now dial. Also 7, 9 wipe. [Of doubtful etymology; perh. echoic, from its call. Cf. (M)Sw. and Norw. vipa, Sw. tofsvipa, Da. vibe, also PEESWEEP, PEEWEEP.] The lapwing.
c. 1325. Gloss. W. de Bibbesw., in Wright, Voc., 165. [La vanele e le pounzot; gloss] a wype and waschere.
c. 1425. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 640. Hec vpipa, wype.
1512. in Earl Northumb. Househ. Bk. (1770), 104. It is thought goode that Wypes be hade for my Lordes own Mees onely.
15[?]. Parlt. Byrdes, 305. Thowgh thou be hasty, as the wype, And thy feders, flyght rype.
1579. Hake, Newes out of Powles, D ij b. Right Plouer, Snype, and Woodcock fine with Curlew, Wype and Rayle.
1825. J. Mackinnon, Messingham (1881), 18. Plover are here called Wipes, or Pywipes.
1895. E. Angl. Gloss., 251. Wypes,… the lapwing or plover.
