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Word Meanings - PROWLING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey. "A prowling wolf." Milton. -- Prowl"ing*ly, adv.

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  • ACCUSTOMARILY
    Customarily.
  • ROVINGLY
    In a wandering manner.
  • ACCUSTOMEDNESS
    Habituation. Accustomedness to sin hardens the heart. Bp. Pearce.
  • PROWLER
    One that prowls. Thomson.
  • ACCUSTOMABLE
    Habitual; customary; wonted. "Accustomable goodness." Latimer.
  • ENGAGING
    Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. -- En*ga"ging*ness, n. Engaging and disengaging gear or machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought
  • ENGAGEDNESS
    The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.
  • ROVINGNESS
    The state of roving.
  • ROVING
    1. The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine. 2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a
  • ACCUSTOMABLY
    According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer.
  • PROWL
    1. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty. He prowls each place, still in new colors decked. Sir P. Sidney. 2. To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money.
  • ENGAGER
    One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety. Several sufficient citizens were engagers. Wood.
  • ROVER
    A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball. Casual marks at uncertain distances. Encyc. Brit. A sort of arrow. All sorts, flights, rovers, and butt
  • MILTONIAN
    Miltonic. Lowell.
  • ACCUSTOMARY
    Usual; customary. Featley.
  • ROVE
    1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building. 2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and
  • MILTONIC
    Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose.
  • PROWLING
    Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey. "A prowling wolf." Milton. -- Prowl"ing*ly, adv.
  • ENGAGEDLY
    With attachment; with interest; earnestly.
  • ENGAGED
    1. Occupied; employed; busy. 2. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed. 3. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest. 4. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as,
  • PROVERBIAL
    1. Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir
  • PROVENTRIULUS
    The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
  • CONTROVERSER
    A disputant.
  • DISAPPROVAL
    Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
  • CORROVAL
    A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.
  • APPROVEDLY
    So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
  • PROVINCIALLY
    In a provincial manner.
  • REENGAGEMENT
    A renewed or repeated engagement.
  • CONTROVERSAL
    1. Turning or looking opposite ways. The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton. 2. Controversal. Boyle.
  • APPROVING
    Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.
  • IMPROVISATRICE
    See IMPROVVISATRICE
  • DISAPPROVE
    1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
  • PROVINE
    To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation. Johnson. (more info) plant, OF. provain, from L. propago, -aginis, akin to propagare to
  • MEROVINGIAN
    Of or pertaining to the first Frankish dynasty in Gaul or France. -- n.
  • SACROVERTEBRAL
    Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.
  • PROVENCAL
    Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.
  • RETROVERT
    To turn back.

 

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