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• Owl

  ·noun A variety of the domestic pigeon. II. Owl ·vi To carry wool or sheep out of England. III. Ow...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Owl

  1) Heb. bath-haya'anah, "daughter of greediness" or of "shouting." In the list of unclean birds (Lev...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• owl

  To catch the; a trick practised upon ignorant country boobies, who are decoyed into a barn under pre...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• owl

  n. an English bird-name. The species inAustralia are – – Boobook Owl – – Ninox boobook, Lath. ♣ Ch...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Owl

  A number of species of the owl are mentioned in the Bible, (Leviticus 11:17; 14:16; Isaiah 14:23; 34...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Barred owl

  ·- A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); — so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown c...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Jar-owl

  ·noun The <<Goatsucker>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Owl-eyed

  ·adj Having eyes like an owl's. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Scops owl

  ·- Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the h...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sea owl

  ·- The <<Lumpfish>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• barking owl

  n. a bird not identified, and notin Gould (who accompanied Leichhardt). 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Over...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• owl-parrot

  n. a bird of New Zealand. See kakapo. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sea-owl

  A name of the lump-fish, Cyclopterus lumpus. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• owl in an ivy bush

  He looks like an owl in an ivy bush; frequently said of a person with a large frizzled wig, or a wom...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• not born in the woods to be scared by an owl

  Too much used to danger, or threats, to be easily frightened. I just puts my finger to my nose, and...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.