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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prowl  \Prowl\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Prowled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Prowling}.]  [OE.  prollen  to  search  about  of  uncertain 
  origin,  perh.  for  proglen,  a  dim.  of  prog  to  beg,  or  proke  to 
  poke.  Cf  {Proke}.] 
  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.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prowling  \Prowl"ing\,  a. 
  Accustomed  to  prowl,  or  engaged  in  roving  stealthily,  as  for 
  prey.  ``A  prowling  wolf.''  --Milton.  --  {Prowl"ing*ly},  adv 




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