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; howl

Example Sentences

I was both aweary and sleepy and also as poor as a howlet, and all that the wicked witch knew. 

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

"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

Here is another howlet for ye!" exclaimed the impetuous old Knight; "his mother speaks to a Puritan of charity; and thou must talk of law to a round-headed rebel, with a wannion to you!

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir

As I stood by yon roofless tower, Where the wa'flower scents the dewy 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

"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