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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trawl \Trawl\, v. i. [OF. trauler, troller, F. tr[^o]ter, to
drag about to stroll about probably of Teutonic origin. Cf
{Troll}, v. t.]
To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trawl \Trawl\, n.
1. A fishing line often extending a mile or more having
many short lines bearing hooks attached to it It is used
for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter. [U. S. &
Canada]
2. A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its
ends and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in
fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the
sea bottom.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
trawl
n : a conical net dragged through the water at great depths
[syn: {dragnet}, {trawl net}]
v : fish with trawlers
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
trawl v. To sift through large volumes of data (e.g., Usenet
postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something of
interest.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
trawl
To sift through large volumes of data (e.g. {Usenet} postings,
FTP archives, or the {Jargon File}) looking for something of
interest.
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