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ˈOwl-glass
Forms: 6–7 Ho(w)leglas, 6 Howliglasse, 7 Owli-, Owlyglasse, Owl glass. See also holliglass.
[f. owl n. + glass n. 8.]
The English rendering of Eulenspiegel, the name of a German jester of mediæval times, the hero of an old German jest-book translated into English c 1560; a prototype of roguish fools; hence, A jester, buffoon.
c1560(title) A merye Ieste of a Man that was called Howleglas; and of many meruaylous Thinges and Iestes that he dyd in his Lyfe, in Eastlande and in many other Places. Ibid. Contents, How Holeglas was made a paryshe clarke. 1589Nashe Anat. Absurd. 18 These..beeing in their priuate Chambers the expresse imitation of Howli⁓glasse. 1601B. Jonson Poetaster iii. i, What, do you laugh, Howleglas!..you perstemptuous varlet. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Coriats Commend. Wks. ii. 91/2 Then shall the fame which thou hast won on foot,..Ride on my best Inuention like an asse To the amazement of each Owli⁓glasse. 1890K. R. H. Mackenzie (title) The Marvellous Adventures of Master Tyll Owlglass. |