scritch owln.

Brit.

/ˈskrɪtʃ aʊl/, U.S.

/ˈskrɪtʃ ˌaʊl/

Forms: see scritch n.¹ and owl n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: scritch n.¹, owl n.

Etymology: < scritch n.¹ + owl n. Compare slightly later shritch-owl n. and later screech owl n., shriek-owl n.

1. The common barn owl, Tyto alba; = screech owl n. 1. Now archaic or 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

1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (new ed.) sig. C.vi Strix, a scryche oule.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268/1 Scrytche houle a byrde.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 271/1 Skrytche heule.

1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. C.ij^v The Skrich Owle me besides, her dolefull tunes doth shreeke.

1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queens in Wks. (1616) I. 951 The Scrich-owles egges, and the feathers blacke,..I haue been getting.

1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition II. xxi. 87 Witches or Hags, which in Italy they commonly call Strigiæ, from their Resemblance to the Scritch-Owl, a Night and troublesome Bird.

1745 tr. G. Blas Henry & Blanche 40 Not a Sound disturbs the black Serene, Save what the Scritch-Owl with prophetick Throat to Mortals sings, and Fate's in ev'ry Note.

1827 in W. Motherwell Minstrelsy 256 The scritch owl screams so loud and clear, Tu whit tu who!

1882 ‘L. C. Pyrnelle’ Diddie, Dumps, & Tot xii. 143 I've jes put er few 'provemunce up, fur ter keep de scritch-owls outn my nes'.

1944 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. ii. 49 Scritch-owl, screech-owl.

1960 V. Williams Walk Egypt 269 Mary Morning cried, ‘I seen something sliding.’ ‘A rat. A scritch-owl.’

1993 L. Nordan Wolf Whistle 157 No foxes barked tonight, no scritch owls called from the barn.

†2. figurative. A person likened to a screech owl; esp. a person who bears bad news or foretells misfortune; = screech owl n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts > misfortune

scritch owl1595

screech owl1602

raven1606

croaker1637

Balaam1649

prophet of doom1862

Doomie1945

1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. vi. 56 Bring forth that fatall skrichowle to our house, That nothing sung to vs but bloud and death.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 187 What is poore, and silly man alone, but a very scrich-owle, and satyre.

1660 J. S. Andromana v. vi. sig. H4 Speak out Scritch-owl, Witch, how came they by their deaths?

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Poet. Wks. (1836) I. 20 'Tis thou who pour'st the scritch owl note.

1834 Parterre of Fiction I. 133/2 I'll slit your weasand, you skritch owl!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scritch owl
释义	scritch owln. Brit. /ˈskrɪtʃ aʊl/, U.S. /ˈskrɪtʃ ˌaʊl/ Forms: see scritch n.¹ and owl n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: scritch n.¹, owl n. Etymology: < scritch n.¹ + owl n. Compare slightly later shritch-owl n. and later screech owl n., shriek-owl n. 1. The common barn owl, Tyto alba; = screech owl n. 1. Now archaic or 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 1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (new ed.) sig. C.vi Strix, a scryche oule. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 268/1 Scrytche houle a byrde. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 271/1 Skrytche heule. 1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. C.ij^v The Skrich Owle me besides, her dolefull tunes doth shreeke. 1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queens in Wks. (1616) I. 951 The Scrich-owles egges, and the feathers blacke,..I haue been getting. 1731 S. Chandler tr. P. van Limborch Hist. Inquisition II. xxi. 87 Witches or Hags, which in Italy they commonly call Strigiæ, from their Resemblance to the Scritch-Owl, a Night and troublesome Bird. 1745 tr. G. Blas Henry & Blanche 40 Not a Sound disturbs the black Serene, Save what the Scritch-Owl with prophetick Throat to Mortals sings, and Fate's in ev'ry Note. 1827 in W. Motherwell Minstrelsy 256 The scritch owl screams so loud and clear, Tu whit tu who! 1882 ‘L. C. Pyrnelle’ Diddie, Dumps, & Tot xii. 143 I've jes put er few 'provemunce up, fur ter keep de scritch-owls outn my nes'. 1944 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. ii. 49 Scritch-owl, screech-owl. 1960 V. Williams Walk Egypt 269 Mary Morning cried, ‘I seen something sliding.’ ‘A rat. A scritch-owl.’ 1993 L. Nordan Wolf Whistle 157 No foxes barked tonight, no scritch owls called from the barn. †2. figurative. A person likened to a screech owl; esp. a person who bears bad news or foretells misfortune; = screech owl n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts > misfortune scritch owl1595 screech owl1602 raven1606 croaker1637 Balaam1649 prophet of doom1862 Doomie1945 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. vi. 56 Bring forth that fatall skrichowle to our house, That nothing sung to vs but bloud and death. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 187 What is poore, and silly man alone, but a very scrich-owle, and satyre. 1660 J. S. Andromana v. vi. sig. H4 Speak out Scritch-owl, Witch, how came they by their deaths? a1834 S. T. Coleridge Poet. Wks. (1836) I. 20 'Tis thou who pour'st the scritch owl note. 1834 Parterre of Fiction I. 133/2 I'll slit your weasand, you skritch owl! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1510
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