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.