Word Meanings - PROLL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. Barrow.

Related words: (words related to PROLL)

• AFTERCAST
  A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.
• PLUNDERER
  One who plunders or pillages.
• AFTER
  To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway. Note: It is often combined with its noun; as, after-bowlines, after- braces, after-sails, after-yards, those on the mainmasts
• AFTERPAINS
  The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
• SEARCHLESS
  Impossible to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.
• PROWLER
  One that prowls. Thomson.
• AFTERSHAFT
  The hypoptilum.
• AFTERPIECE
  The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.
• AFTER DAMP
  An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
• AFTER-NOTE
  One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.
• SEARCHABLENESS
  Quality of being searchable.
• SEARCHABLE
  Capable of being searched.
• AFTERWISE
  Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.
• AFTERINGS
  The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. Grose.
• AFTER-EATAGE
  Aftergrass.
• AFTERGUARD
  The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.
• AFTER-DINNER
  The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. -- a.
• AFTERGAME
  A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl.
• AFTERGRASS
  The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.
• BARROWIST
  A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
• CRAFTER
  a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman.
• HANDBARROW
  A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
• INSEARCH
  To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch.
• RESEARCH
  Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborius or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom. The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries.
• THEREAFTER
  1. After that; afterward. 2. According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison,
• INGRAFTER
  A person who ingrafts.
• WHEELBARROW
  A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
• WAFTER
  1. One who, or that which, wafts. O Charon, Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane. Beau. & FL. 2. A boat for passage. Ainsworth.