hoyt, hoyte

i. [Etym. doubtful; cf. hoiden.] 1. To romp. "Let none condemn them [the girls] for rigs, because thus hoyting with the boys." -Fuller: A Pisgah Sight of Palestine, bk. iv., ch. vi. 2. To amble crazily. ( Burns: To His Auld Mare. ) Huăn-û-cô, Guăn-û'-cô (Hu, Gu as Hw, Gw), IMG:content-1331.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who howls. 2. Zool.: The same as HOWLING-MONKEY (q. v.). howl-ět, s. [Fr. hulotte = an owl, from huler = to owl.] [OWLET.] 1. Gen.: An owl, an owlet. "To see the wit and dexter i tie of these howlets."-P. Holland: Pliny , bk. x., ch. xvii. 2. Spec.: One of the popular names for the Barnowl, Strix flammea . Called also Madge-howlet, . howl-ing, a. & s. [HoWL, v.] A. As adj .: Filled with howls or wailings; dreary. "He found them in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderne ." -Deut . xxxii. 10. B. As subst.: A howl, a wail. "Undisturbed except by the howlings and lamentations which were heard on shore."-Cook: Third Voyage, bk. v., ch. iv.