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howlet

English

Alternative forms

  • houlet

Etymology

Equivalent to owlet, influenced by howl. Compare French hulotte and Old High German hwela, hiuwela.

Noun

howlet (plural howlets)

  1. 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.

References

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

Anagrams

  • thowel

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houlet

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.

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