howlet

American  

[hou-lit] / ˈhaʊ lɪt /

noun

British Dialect.

1. an owl or owlet.

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howlet British  

/ ˈhaʊlɪt /

noun

1. archaic another word for owl

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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

When you are weary and sleepy and hungry as a howlet, and, Madam Bubble and her three daughters make a ring round you, what do you do? 

From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander

"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 Munro, Neil

As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'flow'r scents the dery air, Where the howlet mourns in her ivy bower, And tells the midnight moon her care.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

There was three fooles, fell out about an howlet: The one sed it was an owle, The other he sed nay, The third he sed it was a hawke, And her bels wer cut away.

From The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

He stands by a roofless tower, where "the howlet mourns in her dewy bower," and "sets the wild echoes flying," and adds to a perfect picture of the scene his famous vision of "Libertie."

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various