Word Meanings - OWLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n. T. Brown.

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• BROWNBACK
  The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher.
• CONTRABAND
  1. Illegal or prohobited traffic. Persons the most bound in duty to prevent contraband, and the most interested in the seizures. Burke. 2. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden. 3. A negro slave, during the Civil
• OWLET
  A small owl; especially, the European species , and the California flammulated owlet . Owlet moth , any noctuid moth.
• BROWNIE
  An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping.
• BROWNNESS
  The quality or state of being brown. Now like I brown ; Only in brownness beauty dwelleth there. Drayton.
• BROWNWORT
  A species of figwort or Scrophularia , and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.
• GOODSHIP
  Favor; grace. Gower.
• OWLERY
  An abode or a haunt of owls.
• BROWNY
  Brown or, somewhat brown. "Browny locks." Shak.
• BROWNIAN
  Pertaining to Dr. Robert Brown, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below. Brownian movement, the peculiar, rapid, vibratory movement exhibited by the microscopic particles of substances when suspended in water
• OWL-EYED
  Having eyes like an owl's.
• BROWN THRUSH
  A common American singing bird , allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.
• OWLISH
  Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.
• GOODS
  See 3
• BROWNIST
  A follower of Robert Brown, of England, in the 16th century, who taught that every church is complete and independent in itself when organized, and consists of members meeting in one place, having full power to elect and depose its officers.
• BROWNISH
  Somewhat brown.
• CONTRABANDIST
  One who traffic illegaly; a smuggler.
• CONTRABANDISM
  Traffic in contraband gods; smuggling.
• OWLING
  The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of England contrary to the statute formerly existing. Blackstone.
• BROWN
  1. To make brown or dusky. A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. Barlow. 2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour. 3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels,
• PREKNOWLEDGE
  Prior knowledge.
• GROWLER
  The large-mouthed black bass. 3. A four-wheeled cab. (more info) 1. One who growls.
• GROWL
  To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay.
• EMBOWL
  To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. Sir P. Sidney.
• GLOWLAMP
  An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.
• SEA FOWL
  Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.
• COWLIKE
  Resembling a cow. With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope.
• BOWLER
  One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game.
• FOWLERITE
  A variety of rhodonite, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, containing some zinc.
• LOWLANDER
  A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.
• ACKNOWLEDGE
  1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. 2. To own
• DOWL
  See DOWLE
• BARRED OWL
  A large American owl ; -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast.
• COWLEECH
  One who heals disease of cows; a cow doctor.
• BATFOWLER
  One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.
• COWL
  gugel, OF. coule, goule; all fr. LL. cuculla, cucullus, fr. L. cucullus cap, hood; perh. akin to celare to conceal, cella cell. Cf. 1. A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The nname was also applied to the hood and garment together.
• SCOWLINGLY
  In a scowling manner.