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ˈowly, a.
[f. owl n. + -y, or (in oulelie) -ly1.]
a. = owlish.
a1586Sidney Arcadia v. (1598) 445 Our owly eyes, which dimm'd with passions be, And scarce discerne the dawne of comming day. 1647Strange Newes from Campania 54 Whilst Treason and Rebellion start aside, And in each hole their Owly faces hide. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. ii. 72 Her face was flat, and very much like an Owles, if not more Oulelie [printed Oulebie]. 1864O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 203 Last night I was out all night in the rain..and I feel owly to-day. 1873C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 33 Up started a little, dark, old, owly, goblin, night-ghoul of a creature. 1978R. Holles Spawn vii. 61 The round, slightly owly features of the woman in nursing uniform.
b. Comb., as owly-eyed a., having eyes like an owl's, in respect of seeing badly in daylight. Also (U.S. dial.), intoxicated.
a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1622) 303 Their wicked mindes blind to the light of vertue, and owly eyed in the night of wickednesse. c1630Drummond of Hawthornden Hymn on Fairest Fair, Shadows of shadows, atoms of Thy might, Still owly-ey'd when staring on Thy light. 1900Dialect Notes II. 47 Owly-eyed, intoxicated... Wise. |