Note 135 — Chapter II · MRS. MONTEAGLE.
Reading edition
A corruption of chat-huant (screech-owl), the cry of which bird the brothers, who were salt-smugglers, used as a signal to inform one another of their whereabouts at night.
Reading edition
A corruption of chat-huant (screech-owl), the cry of which bird the brothers, who were salt-smugglers, used as a signal to inform one another of their whereabouts at night.