Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PROG, v.i. [D. prachgen, to beg; Dan. prakker, id.; Sw. pracka, to make use of shifts; L. proco, procor.]

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. – Burke.