'Prowling' definitions:
Definition of 'Prowling'
From: GCIDE
- Prowling \Prowl"ing\, a. Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey. "A prowling wolf." --Milton. -- {Prowl"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prowling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He prowls each place, still in new colors decked. -- Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]