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Webster 1913 Edition


Prog

Prog

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Progged
.
p. pr. & vb. n.
Progging
.]
[Cf. D.
prachen
, G.
prachern
, Dan.
prakke
, Sw.
pracka
, to beg, L.
procare
,
procari
, to ask, demand, and E.
prowl
.]
1.
To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek for advantage by mean shift or tricks.
[Low]
A perfect artist in
progging
for money.
Fuller.
I have been endeavoring to
prog
for you.
Burke.
2.
To steal; to rob; to filch.
[Low]
Johnson.
3.
To prick; to goad; to progue.
[Scot.]

Prog

,
Noun.
1.
Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.
[Slang]
Swift.
So long as he picked from the filth his
prog
.
R. Browning.
2.
A vagrant beggar; a tramp.
[Slang]
3.
A goal; progue.
[Scot.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Prog

PROG

,
Verb.
I.
[L. proco, procor.]
1.
To shift meanly for provisions; to wander about and seek provisions where they are to be found; to live by beggarly tricks. [A low word.]
You are the lion; I have been endeavoring to prog for you.

PROG

,
Noun.
Victuals or provisions sought by begging or found by wandering about.
1.
Victuals of any kind. [A low word.]

PROG

,
Noun.
One that seeks his victuals by wandering and begging.

Definition 2024


próg

próg

See also: prog, Prog, and prog.

Polish

Noun

próg m inan

  1. doorstep
  2. threshold

Declension