Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive. [Colloq. & Low, U.S.] Judd.
A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus
cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted
for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its
back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of
the London market, es...
