howlet
/ˈhaʊlɪt
/noun chiefly Scottish
An owl or owlet.For to me it seemeth a thing unreasonable, that, in this my decrepit age, I shall be compelled to fight against shadows, and howlets that dare not abide the light.
Origin
Late 15th century: diminutive of owl, assimilated to the verb howl.
- that said
- that's an idea
- that's as maybe
- that's a thought!
- that's done it!
- that's flat
- that's it
- that's life
- that's my boy (or girl)!
- that's (or them's) the breaks
- that's that
- that's the idea
- that's the stuff
- that's the way the cookie crumbles
- that's torn it
- that's your (or his, her, etc.) problem
- that way (inclined)
- mislike
- misline
- mislineation
- mislippen
- mislist
- mislive
- mislocalization
- mislocalize