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ies are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.

nd gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and are noted for their piercing and dismal howling.

A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. King.

The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.

ins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. See Overhard. "An over-arm with a round-arm bowler." R. A. Proctor.

Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder. Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot.

One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See Owling, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] T. Brown.

The act of prowling. [Colloq.] Smart.

To steal purses; to rob. [Obs. & R.] I'll purse: . . . I'll bet at bowling alleys. Beau. & Fl.

Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. R. A. Proctor.

A rover or footpad; a prowling robber. In those days of highwaymen and scourers. Macaulay.

Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. "The scowling heavens." Thomson.

One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.

The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.

Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked.

A howling monkey, or howler.

Smooth and deceptive. [Obs.] Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground [bowling ground]. Shak.

des) resembling both the swan and the goose. -- Swan shot, a large size of shot used in fowling.

Howling; wailing.