† shritch-owl Obs.
6 shryche-, shritch-, shriech-, schreech-, 6–7 shriche-, 7 shreech, 8 schrich-.
[f. shritch v. + owl n. Cf. scritch-owl.]
= shriek-owl.
| 1538 Elyot Dict., Striges, shryche oules. a 1586 Sidney Arcadia ii. (1605) 157 Casting forth as pitifull cries as any shrich-owle. 1595 Spenser Epithal. 345 Let not the shriech Oule, nor the Storke be heard. 1596 Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, ii. vi. 56 That fatall Schreechowle. 1603 Drayton Bar. Wars v. xlii. 112 Vnder his eaue th buzzing shreechowle sings. 1761 E. Carter in Mem. (1808) I. 230 We wanted..to have the ground planted with yew and cypress,..and restore the schrich owls and ravens. |