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.
Related words: (words related to PROWLING)
- 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.