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Definition of stock whaup

stock whaup
Whaap Whaap, n. [So called from one of its notes.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) The European curlew; -- called also awp, whaup, great whaup, and stock whaup. (b) The whimbrel; -- called also May whaup, little whaup, and tang whaup. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Meaning of stock whaup from wikipedia

- origins. In the 1600s, Dunloppe had two fairs a year for the sale of dairy stock, one on the second Friday of May; and the other called Hallowday, on 12...
- A Scotch night, The Australian, Summer country, Kings of the earth, and Whaup o' the rede. Ogilvie was born at Holefield, near Kelso, Borders, Scotland...