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† owl-spiegle, n. Obs. rare.
[After Ger. Eulenspiegel.]
= Owl-glass. Hence owlspiegle v. (nonce-wd.), to make into an owl-spiegle.
1637B. Jonson Sad Sheph. ii. i, Thou shouldst have given her a madge-owl, and then Thou'dst made a present o' thy self, owl-spiegle! 1830Scott Doom Devorgoil iii. i, My nether parts Are goblinized and Owlspiegled. |