| 单词 | madge-howlet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmadge-howlet 1. More fully madge-owl, madge-owlet, madge-howlet. An owl, esp. the barn owl, Tyto alba. In later use British regional. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Tytonidae > tyto alba (barn owl) shritch?a1500 scritch owl1510 shritch-owl1538 strich1552 screech owl1567 shriek-owl1567 madge?1576 lich-owl1585 lich-fowl1611 jill-hooter1668 white owl1672 barn owl1674 church owl1678 aluco1753 padge1848 cherubim1864 squinch-owl1880 monkey-facec1940 ?1576 Common Condicions sig. Biiiv By gogs bloud Shift he lookes like a madge howlet. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. F2v Howe many filthy wordes hast thou to answere for... Name one, Madge-owlet, name one. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 178 Thou lasie Madge That fearing light, still seekest where to hide. 1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. D4v The black swan of beauty, & madg-howlet [printed madg-howled] of admiration. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §2. 404 Ulula..which we call the Howlet, or the Madge. a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. iii. 8 in Wks. (1640) III Thou shoul'dst ha' given her, a Madge-Owle . View more context for this quotation 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. ix Under his Cage he perceived a Madge howlet. 1823 C. Lamb Let. 3 May (1935) II. 385 A Silent Meeting of Madge Owlets. 1848 Zoologist 6 2191 The barn owl..in Warwickshire..is generally called a ‘madge’ or ‘madge owlet’. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 126 Barn Owl..Familiar names..Madge howlet (Norfolk). a1924 S. Baring-Gould Further Reminisc. (1925) 274 The brown owl..is the Madge-owl. < as lemmas |
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