howlet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of howlet
1425–75; late Middle English; perhaps < French hulotte wood-owl, perhaps derivative of Middle French huler to howl < Germanic; see howl
Example Sentences
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"Howlet here, howlet there, Jenny, ye ken weel his auld brass will buy you a new pan."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
"But I was not thinking of going there to-night," she added, and the howlet in the bush beside me hooted at my ignominy.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
Then he sits on the stair, rapping with his tail on a board, and his back-aspect was dreader than his front; and a howlet lit in, and screeched at the horns of him.
From Puck of Pook’s Hill by Arthur Rackham
Will the night send a howlet or a bat?
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds
And there was grave squire Cardoness, Look'd on till a' was done; Sae in the tower o' Cardoness A howlet sits at noon.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
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