the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who owls; esp., one who conveys contraband goods. See owling, n.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One guilty of the offense of owling; a smuggler, especially of wool.
n. An alder-tree.
Word Usage
"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."