howlet
English
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Etymology
Equivalent to owlet, influenced by howl. Compare French hulotte and Old High German hwela, hiuwela.
Noun
howlet (plural howlets)
- An owl; an owlet.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XVIII:
- Will the night send a howlet or a bat? / I asked: when something on the dismal flat / Came to arrest my thoughts and change their train.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XVIII:
References
- howlet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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