howletn.

/ˈhaʊlɪt/

/ˈhuːlət/

Forms: Middle English howlott, howlat, 1500s– howlet. (Also 1500s hulet, 1600s houlet, 1800s dialect hoolet, hulote, hullat, hullet, ullet.) See also owlet n.

Etymology: apparently < French hulotte, in 16th cent. hulote, a word of diminutive form, of which the stem appears to be the same as in German eule, Middle Low German ûle, perhaps altered under the influence of huer to hoot: compare the synonym huette.

dialect.

An owl, owlet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun]

owleOE

howlec1430

mouser1440

howletc1450

nightbirdc1450

owlet1542

night owl1581

jenny-howlet1600

tu-whit tu-whoo1604

Welsh ambassador1608

mouse-catcher1611

Welsh falconera1640

hooter1673

hobhouchin1682

flying-cat1699

houchin1746

jumbie bird1827

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > small or young

howletc1450

owlet1542

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 179 Do howlott howtyn hoberd and heyn, Whan here barnys blede undyr credyl bende.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. xiii. 168 Quhilk we a litil howlet cleip, or owle.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 48 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 I sawe ane howlat in haist vnder ane holyne.

1549 J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion sig. A5^v Why? be ye Houllates and backes, that ye cannot looke on the lyght?

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Giv/2 An Hulet or oule, vlula.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 156 Eies they haue red like the houlets.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 189 I am also as poor as a Howlet .

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiii. 229 That St. Withold's of Burton is a howlet's nest worth the harrying.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Hullet, Hullat, an owl.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	howlet
释义	howletn. /ˈhaʊlɪt//ˈhuːlət/ Forms: Middle English howlott, howlat, 1500s– howlet. (Also 1500s hulet, 1600s houlet, 1800s dialect hoolet, hulote, hullat, hullet, ullet.) See also owlet n. Etymology: apparently < French hulotte, in 16th cent. hulote, a word of diminutive form, of which the stem appears to be the same as in German eule, Middle Low German ûle, perhaps altered under the influence of huer to hoot: compare the synonym huette. dialect. An owl, owlet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] owleOE howlec1430 mouser1440 howletc1450 nightbirdc1450 owlet1542 night owl1581 jenny-howlet1600 tu-whit tu-whoo1604 Welsh ambassador1608 mouse-catcher1611 Welsh falconera1640 hooter1673 hobhouchin1682 flying-cat1699 houchin1746 jumbie bird1827 the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > small or young howletc1450 owlet1542 c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 179 Do howlott howtyn hoberd and heyn, Whan here barnys blede undyr credyl bende. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. xiii. 168 Quhilk we a litil howlet cleip, or owle. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 48 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 I sawe ane howlat in haist vnder ane holyne. 1549 J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion sig. A5^v Why? be ye Houllates and backes, that ye cannot looke on the lyght? 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Giv/2 An Hulet or oule, vlula. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 156 Eies they haue red like the houlets. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 189 I am also as poor as a Howlet . View more context for this quotation 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiii. 229 That St. Withold's of Burton is a howlet's nest worth the harrying. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Hullet, Hullat, an owl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1450
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