PROLL

Etymology

Verb

proll (third-person singular simple present prolls, present participle prolling, simple past and past participle prolled)

(intransitive, obsolete) To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder.

Source: Wiktionary


Proll, v. t. Etym: [See Prowl.] [imp. & p. p. Prolled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Prolling.]

Definition: To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. [Obs.] Barrow.

Proll, v. i.

Definition: To prowl about; to rob. [Obs.] South. Though ye prolle aye, ye shall it never find. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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