different between houlet vs owlet

English

Alternative forms

• howlet

Etymology

See howlet.

Noun

houlet (plural houlets)

1. An owlet.
2. (Tyneside) An owl.

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• houlet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From owl +? -et. Compare howlet.

Noun

owlet (plural owlets)

1. Diminutive of owl
   • 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 51-54,^[1]

     And in faith Sir unlesse your hospitalitie doe releeve us, wee are like to wander with a sorrowfull hey ho, among the owlets, & Hobgoblins of the Forrest […]

   • c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1,^[2]

     Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting,

     Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing,

     For a charm of powerful trouble,

     Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

   • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fears in Solitude, London: J. Johnson, pp. 4-5,^[3]

     […] and bold with joy,

     Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place

     (Portentous sight) the owlet, ATHEISM,

     Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon,

     Drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds them close,

     And, hooting at the glorious sun in heaven,

     Cries out, “where is it?”

2. A young owl; owling.
3. One of a species of small owls, such as Athene noctua.
4. An owlet moth.

Synonyms

• owling, howlet, houlet

Derived terms

• owlet moth (Noctuidae)
• long-whiskered owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi)

Translations

References

• owlet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Towle, towel