Crossword clues for owler
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Owler \Owl"er\, n. [From Owl, v. i.]
One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See
Owling, n. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--T. Brown.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Northern English dialect English) The alder tree. 2 (context dated English) A smuggler of sheep or wool (see owling).
Wikipedia
Not to be confused with the alder or smuggler.
Owler (formerly named InfoArmy, Inc.) is a web and mobile Internet publisher of business information, providing news alerts, company profiles and polls. InfoArmy formerly used crowdsourcing to gather competitive intelligence on businesses. Members conducted research online to create a structured database of company profiles. Researchers were incentivized by a revenue-share and gamification elements. Owler allows its members to follow, track, and research companies in realtime with the Competitive Graph. Members can choose to "follow" a set of companies, and Owler will provide a personalized newsfeed and daily email summaries of the latest news on those companies. When major events occur, such as acquisitions or leadership team changes, Owler members can receive notifications. Owler uses handcurated information from multiple sources across the web, as well as a crowdsourcing model called the "Owler Community". It polls its members to gauge market sentiment and current trends. Owler has 98 employees and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with an office in Coimbatore, India.
Usage examples of "owler".
Then he advises, that you plant willows or owlers, about it, or both: and then cast in bavins, in some places not far from the side, and in the most sandy places, for fish both to spawn upon, and to defend them and the young fry from the many fish, and also from vermin, that lie at watch to destroy them, especially the spawn of the Carp and Tench, when 'tis left to the mercy of ducks or vermin.
Descended from the Owlers who smuggled wool from the Marsh to the Continent as far back as Edward I (the thirteenth century), the game was in their blood, and they considered it their right.