Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One guilty of the offense of owling; a smuggler, especially of wool.
- noun An alder-tree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Prov. Eng. One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See
owling , n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Northern England The
alder tree. - noun dated A
smuggler ofsheep orwool (seeowling ).
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Examples
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The owler only refrained because he became aware of his daughter's presence, and to his great bewilderment read in her face not horror or misery, but a strange passionate relief.
In Kings' Byways Stanley John Weyman 1891
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Hilary Duff is the world's most famous owler -- to date
CNN.com 2011
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Hilary Duff is the world's most famous owler -- to date
CNN.com 2011
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Hilary Duff is the world's most famous owler -- to date
CNN.com 2011
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Hilary Duff is the world's most famous owler -- to date
CNN.com 2011
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Hilary Duff is the world's most famous owler -- to date
CNN.com 2011
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Hilary Duff is the world's most famous owler -- to date
CNN.com 2011
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Coals of Arms, and Antiquarian Remains, copied — from \ery an - cient and authentic Draughts flill exilUng — by an ingenious Artiil owler my own infpedlion.
The Monthly Review 1772
sionnach commented on the word owler
sheep or wool smuggler
July 24, 2008